New Echota Ferry

Historical marker location:

Calhoun, Georgia

( Marker is on Joseph Vann Highway (Georgia Route 225) 0.6 miles east of Newtown Church Road, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1962

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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.