Sweeny's Division Encamped

Historical marker location:

Atlanta, Georgia

( Marker is on McLendon Avenue NE, 0.1 miles east of Candler Park Drive NE, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1985

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.