Historical Marker

Noble Jones’ “Wormslow”

Historical marker location:
Savannah, Georgia
( Marker is on Wormslow Platation Drive.)
Marker installed: 1992

1736–1775.

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.
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