Old Carnegie Library

Historical marker location:

122 North Lumpkin Street, Cuthbert, Georgia

( Marker is at the intersection of North Lumpkin Street and Pearl Street, on the right when traveling north on North Lumpkin Street.)

Marker installed: 2001

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.