Historical Marker

Ivy Street

Historical marker location:
3790 Ashford-Dunwoody Road, Atlanta, Georgia
( Marker is on "Ivy Street" drive on Marist Campus, 0.1 miles west of Ashford-Dunwoody Road, on the right when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 2005

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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