First Garden Club

Historical marker location:

Athens, Georgia

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

Marker installed: 1950

1891

Audiobooks about the history of Georgia.

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.