Get Your Passport to OC Fun

The Oconee County Arts and Historical Commission is launching the “Passport to Arts, Treasures and History” (PATH), tells Oconee County Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Director Phil Shirley. “We’re excited about the Passport Program, which is an effort by our Arts and Historical Commission to engage our local citizens and kind of reintroduce them to all the cool things and treasurers around Oconee County. The challenge that we are sending out is we want people to take the next six months and get out and visit these sites and kind of learn what we have to offer here in Oconee County. You can get your passport stamped at each site; if it is an unmanned site we have some directions in there about what to do if someone is not there to stamp it for you. If you do them all and turn it back in then you will get a little prize from us and be entered into a grand prize for a week long worth of camping at South Cove County Park. We are excited about it, we hope it goes well, and all 21 places being featured are certainly excited.” The Passport showcases 21 sites for family fun: Bertha Lee Strickland Cultural Museum, Blue Ridge Arts Center, End of the Road Studios, General Store Museum, Historic Ballenger House, Historic Old Pickens Courthouse, Church and Cemetery, Kudzu Kabin Designs, Lunney House Museum, Museum of the Cherokee in South Carolina, Oconee Community Theatre, Oconee Heritage Center, Oconee State Park, Oconee Station State Historic Site, Patriot’s Hall: Oconee’s Veterans Museum, Retreat Rosenwald School, Stumphouse Tunnel and Issaqueena Falls, Upstate Heritage Quilt Trail, Walhalla Art Works, Walhalla Civic Auditorium, Walhalla Fish Hatchery, and Duke Energy’s World of Energy.