Historical Markers in
Columbia County, Georgia

Basil Neal - Soldier of '76 Columbia County Damascus Baptist Church Famous Indian Trail First Baptist Church in Georgia Grovetown Centennial Monument Jabez Pleiades Marshall Oliver Hardy Residence Oliver Norvell Hardy Paul Hamilton Hayne Religious Liberty in Georgia Rev. Daniel Marshall Sharon Baptist Church Shiloh Methodist Church The Fall Line and Headgates The Old City Locks William Few Woodmen of the World Veterans Monument
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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