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Friends of Scull Shoals, Inc.
P.O. Box 295, Greensboro, GA 30642

Scull Shoals Library Collection |

Bob Skarda’s LATEST NEW BOOK!

Early Oconee Indians: A Rich Life by the River, by Robert Skarda, 2010. Old Oconee Books, Buckhead, GA. www.oldoconeebooks.com. This archaeological survey of the Oconee Valley covers over 10,000 years from the Paleoindian period to European contact (AD 1540), with Skarda’s great stories to introduce each succeeding time period. Stone tools, pottery styles, house types, time tables, maps and artwork illustrate each stage.

5 x 8 formant, 303 pages, 58 illustrations, $24.00, includes shipping. Please send check to Old Oconee books, 212 Hickory Point Road, Buckhead, GA 30625. A portion of the cost will be donated to the Friends of Scull Shoals, Inc.

Scull Shoals: The Mill Village that Vanished in Old Georgia. By Robert Skarda, 2007. Old Oconee Books, Buckhead, GA.

5 x 8 format, 110 pages, 27 illustrations. $15.00, includes shipping. Please send check with your order to Friends of Scull Shoals, Inc. P.O. Box 295, Greensboro, GA 30642.

Dr. Durham’s Receipts: A 19th Century Physician’s Use of Medicine and Herbs, by Debbie C. Cosgrove and Ellen Whitaker, 2008.

These are remedies transcribed from Dr. Lindsey Durham’s papers in the Hargrett Manuscript Library at the University of Georgia by the authors. The book shows the use of many local plants and folk remedies during this period in middle Georgia. $8.00, with an additional $2.50 for mailing.

To order contact the authors at: turtle127@windstream.net, or ellenwhitaker@bellsouth.net. A portion of the proceeds goes to the Friends of Scull Shoals, Inc.

Passport In Time Archaeological and Historical Investigations at Scull Shoals, Greene County, Georgia, 1999-2003, by Jack T. Wynn, 2008.

This 210-page report on the excavation and other investigations will be available after January 15, 2009. It is contained in digital format as .pdf files on a CD. The CD can be ordered from the author at: jtmfwynn@windstream.net. It can be read from the screen or portions can be printed at home or office.

The cost of printing and postage for this paper copy was in excess of $35.00, so it was decided to offer it as a CD, cutting the cost considerably. Price of this form is $10.00, postage included. Proceeds beyond production and postage go to the Friends of Scull Shoals, Inc.

A much briefer article on the Scull Shoals PIT project will be featured in the Society for Georgia Archaeology journal, EARLY GEORGIA, due out in spring 2009.

Passport in Time Archaeology at Scull Shoals, Greene County, Georgia. By Dr. Jack T. Wynn. The archaeology report is written and now in press. Watch this space for date of availability!

Friends of Scull Shoals T-shirts |

Old favorites: Stone-washed Green and Earth Brown

New Colors This Year: Pink, Brick Red, Blue, Teal, and Yellow!

Card with shirts reads:

FRIENDS OF SCULL SHOALS, INC.

Your purchase of these fine-quality T-shirts supports the educational and interpretive missions of the Friends of Scull Shoals, Inc. Our focus is on the extinct 19th Century mill town of Scull Shoals in northern Greene County, through historic and environmental education projects.

Scull Shoals, located on the Oconee River and on the Oconee National Forest, was settled in 1784. Later grist mills, saw mills, cotton gins, and a four-story textile mill were operated by over 600 people. Georgia’s first paper mill was located here from 1809-1815. This textile and medical center flourished here until destroyed by a flood in 1887, which covered the village for four days. The town was economically destroyed and people began to leave. It became part of the Scull Shoals Experimental Forest in 1936, and the Oconee National Forest in 1959. It is now a Historic Recreation Area on the Oconee National Forest.

These great-looking, long-wearing T-shirts are 50-50% cotton blend, in sizes from Youth medium to Adult 3X.

Children’s and Adults sizes are $15.00.
Adult 2X and 3X are $16.50.
Please add $3.00 for postage and handling for each order, for one T-shirt or several.

Scull Shoals Note Cards |

These fine note cards come in a package of twelve note cards with envelopes. Six different photographs of old mill village come in each shrink-wrapped package, for $15.00, plus $3.00 for postage and handling.

Each photograph is identified on the front, and a note on the back is as follows:

Proceeds for the sale of this notepaper supports
Educational Services of the non-profit
Friends of Scull Shoals, Inc.
P.O. Box 295
Greensboro, GA 30642