Tristram Dalton

Historical marker location:

King Street, Dalton, Georgia

( Marker is at the intersection of King Street and North Pentz Street, on the right when traveling east on King Street.)

Marker installed: 1953

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.