Historical Marker

Site: Judge James Paden House: Gen. J.D. Cox’s H’dq’rs

Historical marker location:
Decatur, Georgia
( Marker is on Clifton Road NE, 0.1 miles north of North Decatur Road, on the left when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 1993

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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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