Historical Marker
Fort Peach Tree
Historical marker location:
2630 Ridgewood Road N.W., Atlanta, Georgia
( Marker is on the Atlanta Waterworks pumping station access road, 0.3 miles west of Ridgewood Road NW, on the right when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 1956
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.