National Register Listings in
Whitfield County, Georgia

Berry, Thomas A., House Blunt, Ainsworth E., House Crown Mill Historic District Dalton Commercial Historic District Dalton Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase) Martin, William C., House Masonic Lodge No. 238 McCarty Subdivision Historic District Prater's Mill Strickland, A.D., Store Thornton Avenue-Murray Hill Historic District Western and Atlantic Depot Western and Atlantic Railroad Tunnel at Tunnel Hill
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.
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