George Claud Adams

Historical marker location:

Eatonton, Georgia

( Marker is on Unnamed Road, 0.3 miles east of Rock Eagle Road, on the left when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1962

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.