Crawford Long Monument

Historical marker location:

Jefferson, Georgia

( Marker is at the intersection of Sycamore Street (Georgia Route 15) and Washington Street (Business U.S. 129), in the median on Sycamore Street.)

Marker installed: 1910

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.