The society meets monthly. Julie Morris of Watkinsville is this year's president. The U.S. Forest Service will sponsor guided tours beginning Saturday at the site of Scull Shoals, an extinct town in Greene County just across the Oconee River from Oconee County. The Friends of Scull Shoals Inc. will conduct the tours. Tours will also be offered April 28 and May 12.
Archaeological digs are under way at the site as remnants of the former mill village are uncovered.
After a disastrous flood in 1887, the mills were later torn down, people left town and the land was sold to the federal government in 1935. It is now part of the Oconee National Forest. This article published in the Athens Daily News on Wednesday, March 21, 2001. send this story to a friend discuss this story email the editor opyright 2001 Athens Newspapers Inc.