Dodge's & Blair's Columns Separate

Historical marker location:

Decatur, Georgia

( Marker is at the intersection of Shallowford Road NE and Briarcliff Road NE, on the right on Shallowford Road NE.)

Marker installed: 1954

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.