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Herbal walk focuses on 19th century medical remedies | Online Athens

Subject: Dr. Durham event Hi,             This is for anyone interested in one of our local famous folks, plants or herbal medicines.  The Friends of Scull Shoals invites you to a Dr. Durham herb walk on November 7 beginning at 2:00 pm on Sunday, November 7, 2010, at the   Scull   Shoals   Education   Center   in   Greene   County . Horticulturist Debbie Cosgrove will guide a tour of the native herbs and other plants used by Dr. Lindsey Durham in his 19 th   century herbal remedies. These are local native plants, and Mrs. Cosgrove will explain their features and the uses Dr. Durham made of them in his patent medicines. The plants along the trails on the   Education   Center   grounds are a small sample of the many herbs Dr. Durham grew in a 13-acre herb garden near Scull Shoals. Most of the plants grow naturally on this property, and others have been moved from nearby...

The Oconee County Historical Society will have a meeting Monday. I urge you to attend to hear the letters read by Mary Ruth Moore from her ancestors about Scull Shoals. Hi,             Our next meeting will be Monday the 11 th and we have a special treat in store.  Mary Ruth Moore read some more of her ancestor's letters at the festival in Scull Shoals over the weekend, much to everyone's delight.  She has promised to share the same stories with us Monday.             John and Richard have been working on wording and other information on signs for Central School house and we hope to have a report on that discussion also. Peggy