Jocassee Wild Child event
Kid-focused event highlighting nature and history to lead children on a discovery of what Jocassee...
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Walhalla’s Oktoberfest
Since 1979 visitors have flocked to Walhalla to celebrate the town’s German heritage. A digital...
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Museum of the Cherokee in SC
There were 27 Cherokee villages in what is known today as Oconee County. “Aequonee” in...
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Upstate Heritage Quilt Trail
Volunteer organization celebrates area heritage through artistic quilt panels that tell a story with color...
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Ram Cat Alley CATS murals
New additions to the Oconee Mural Trail! A series of 12 murals located at Norton...
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Destination: Oconee State Park
Oconee State Park was built by the legendary CCC boys. You can still see evidence...
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Chattooga canoe discovery
Seventeen years after a Native American canoe was discovered in the Chattooga River, a second...
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Oconee’s Arts & Historical Landmarks
Passport to Arts & Historical Landmarks is a pocket-size guidebook highlighting twenty-two interesting places of...
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Durham Hall’s hidden gem
Event venue with original “Bull” Durham Smoking Tobacco ad painted on brick wall. Timeless setting...
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Foothills Farmstead opens to public
A glimpse into family farm life of the early 1900s, the Foothills Farmstead is a...
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The Back Door…
Exhibit on display at Bertha Lee Strickland Cultural Museum looks at domestic workers in Jim...
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Sesquicentennial Milestone
In 2018, to commemorate 150 years as a county, our Parks, Recreation & Tourism department...
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