Old Stage Coach Inn

Historical marker location:

Main Street, Shady Dale, Georgia

( Marker is on Main Street (Georgia Route 83) south of Church Street, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1940

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.