Stone Mountain Cemetery

Historical marker location:

6204 East Ponce de Leon Avenue, Stone Mountain, Georgia

( Marker is on Cemetery Circle north of East Ponce de Leon Avenue, on the right when traveling north.)

<i>Forever Comrades</i>. March to the Sea Heritage Trail.

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.