Pulling away the weeds and underbrush didn’t expose the full history of Scull Shoals Mill Village, but visitors now can get a better look at the 19th century ruins after U.S. Forest Service and ...

Along the Oconee River, deep in what is now the Oconee National Forest in Greene County, the mill town known as Scull Shoals thrived in the mid-1800s.

A portion of Georgia Highway 15 is closed Wednesday morning due to low visibility from a controlled burn. ... The Service announced recently that it would conduct a burn the Scull Shoals area.

The smoke was created from a control burn of 5,139 acres of woodlands in the Oconee National Forest near the Scull Shoals historic area. Georgia Weather: Spring will start soon in Georgia.