Ringold Community

Historical marker location:

4337 Jackson Road, Griffin, Georgia

( Marker is on Jackson Road, 0 miles east of Wisso Road, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1959

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.