Dr. Thomas H. Brewer

Historical marker location:

1025 1st Avenue, Columbus, Georgia

( Marker is on 1st Avenue, 0 miles north of 10th Street, on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1989

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.