Brushy Mountain Line

Historical marker location:

1632 North Cobb Parkway, Marietta, Georgia

( Marker is on North Cobb Parkway.)

Marker installed: 1954

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.