Glascock County Veterans Monument

Historical marker location:

62 East Main Street, Gibson, Georgia

( Memorial is on East Main Street (State Highway 102), on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1952

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.