Captain Peter Simonson

Historical marker location:

972 Frank Kirk Road, Marietta, Georgia

( Marker is at the intersection of Frank Kirk Road and Kennesaw Due West Road, on the right when traveling north on Frank Kirk Road.)

Marker installed: 2008

5th Indiana Battery.

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.