New Echota

Historical marker location:

1211 Chatsworth Highway, Calhoun, Georgia

( Marker can be reached from Chatsworth Highway/Joseph Vann Highway (Georgia Route 225) 1 mile east of Interstate 75.)

Marker installed: 1952

Cherokee National Capital.

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.