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We offer properties on Lake Hartwell in Oconee County, South Carolina and Stephens County, Georgia. Our newest development is Ramey Farms in Oconee County, South Carolina and was showcased in January 2004.
In recent years the area has experienced tremendous growth but has managed to maintain it's Southern hospitality and charm. Located approximately an hour and a half northeast of Atlanta, Georgia and an hour southwest of Greenville, South Carolina, this is one of the most picturesque locales in the South. Mountains, rivers, streams, and waterfalls abound in the region.
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Area Parks and Waterfalls
Devils Fork State Park
161 Holcombe Circle
Salem, SC 29676
(864) 944-2639
www.campingsites.com
Victoria Bryant State Park
1105 Bryant Park Road
Royston, GA 30662
(800) 864-7275
www.gastateparks.com
Camping, hiking, hunting, biking, horseback riding, whitewater sports and trout fishing are a few of the popular pastimes that await you at Victoria Bryant State Park. The park has more than 50 golf courses are within easy reach. Various local festivals are held throughout the year, attesting to the reputation for comfortable year round weather. We enjoy four distinct seasons, with a mean annual temperature of 63 degrees.
If the great outdoors beckons you then just a short drive away are numerous waterfalls in SC, GA, and NC. To see detailed information and get directions, go to www.visitwaterfalls.com and www.ncwaterfalls.com
Area Universities
Clemson University - Clemson, SC
 Clemson University was founded in 1889, a legacy of Thomas Green Clemson, who willed his Fort Hill plantation home, its surrounding farmlands and forest, and other property to the state of South Carolina to establish a technical and scientific institution for South Carolina. Clemson opened its doors to 446 students as a military college in 1893. Today, Clemson is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a Doctoral/Research University-Extensive, a category comprising less than 4 percent of all universities in America. More than 16,000 students select from undergraduate and graduate degree programs in more than 70 fields of study offered by five colleges: Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences; Architecture, Arts and Humanities; Business and Behavioral Science; Engineering and Science; and Health, Education and Human Development.
For more information go to www.clemson.edu
The University of Georgia - Athens, GA
 When the University of Georgia was incorporated by an act of the General Assembly on January 27, 1785, Georgia became the first state to charter a state-supported university. In 1784 the General Assembly had set aside 40,000 acres of land to endow a college or seminary of learning.
At the first meeting of the board of trustees, held in Augusta on February 13, 1786, Abraham Baldwin was selected president of the university. A native of Connecticut and a graduate of Yale University, Baldwin -- who had come to Georgia in 1784 -- drafted the charter adopted by the General Assembly.
The university was actually established in 1801 when a committee of the board of trustees selected a land site. John Milledge, later a governor of the state, purchased and gave to the board of trustees the chosen tract of 633 acres on the banks of the Oconee River in northeast Georgia.
Josiah Meigs was named president of the university and work was begun on the first building, originally called Franklin College in honor of Benjamin Franklin and now known as Old College. The university graduated its first class in 1804. The curriculum of traditional classical studies was broadened in 1843 to include courses in law, and again in 1872 when the university received federal funds for instruction in agriculture and mechanical arts.
Fourteen colleges and schools, with auxiliary divisions, carry on the university’s programs of teaching, research, and service. These colleges and schools and the dates of their establishment as separate administrative units are: Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, 1801; College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, 1859; School of Law, 1859; College of Pharmacy, 1903; D. B. Warnell School of Forest Resources, 1906; College of Education, 1908; Graduate School, 1910; C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry College of Business, 1912; Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, 1915; College of Family and Consumer Sciences, 1933; College of Veterinary Medicine, 1946; School of Social Work, 1964; College of Environment and Design, 1969; and the School of Public and International Affairs, 2001. The Division of General Extension, now the Georgia Center for Continuing Education, was incorporated into the university in 1947.
In 1931 the General Assembly of Georgia placed all state-supported institutions of higher education, including UGA, under the jurisdiction of a single board. This organization, known as the University System of Georgia, is governed by the board of regents. The board of regents’ executive officer, the chancellor, exercises a general supervisory control over all institutions of the University System, with each institution having its own executive officers and faculty.
For more information go to www.uga.edu
Local Shopping
When you are ready to "shop till you drop", malls are only a short drive away in Anderson and Greenville, South Carolina, and Athens and Atlanta, Georgia.
Diehard Southerners view Atlanta as the heart of the Old Confederacy, Atlanta has become the best example of the New South, a fast-paced modern city proud of its heritage. Since the late 1970's dozens of dazzling skyscrapers have reshaped the city's profile. Today the fast-growing city remains a transportation hub, not just for the country but also for the world: Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport is one of the nations busiest in daily passenger flights. Direct flights to Europe, South America, and Asia have made metro Atlanta easily accessible to the more than 1,000 international businesses that operate her and the more than 50 countries that have representation in the city through consulates, trade offices, and chambers of commerce. The city has emerged as a banking center and is the world headquarters for 13 Fortune 500 companies. You can get more information on this great Southern city at www.ci.atlanta.ga.us
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