Major John Berrien

Historical marker location:

Savannah, Georgia

( Marker can be reached from East Oglethorpe Ave..)

Marker installed: 1957

(1759 - 1815).

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.