Mill Creek Gap

Historical marker location:

2401 Chattanooga Road, Rocky Face, Georgia

( Marker is on Chattanooga Road (U.S. 41), on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1987

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.