Dick's Brigade

Historical marker location:

Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia

( Marker is on Lafayette Road south of Dyer Road, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1890

Van Cleve's Division. Crittenden's Corps.

Georgia was the site of the first American gold rush, but it was also the site of the first American oil rush. In 1905, oil was discovered in Bibb County, and the state's oil industry began to grow rapidly.