Climb aboard a luxury cruise boat on Lake Oconee for an afternoon of the Rock Hawk Talk History Mystery Cruise. Local historian Larry Moore and Georgia Power Lake Resources Manager Scott Hendricks will once again explore the archeological sites, history and culture of Lake Oconee including some of the many, many mysterious archaeological sites hidden by the lake, prehistoric ceremonial sites, early historical plantations, as well as Wallace Dam, the Oconee Wildlife Management Area and Rock Hawk Effigy, Educational Trails & Park.  Many ancient artifacts will be displayed, including a dinosaur egg and other multi-million year-old fossils and many old Native American items. There will be history mystery prizes, a raffle of a 400 million year-old Trilobite marine fossil and a beautiful hand carved eagle/hawk head hiking stick. Tickets always sell out fast.

The Rock Hawk Talk History Mystery Cruise tours will be from 12 noon – 2 PM and 3:30-5:30 PM on Saturday, May 13 (please arrive 30 minutes early to check in—we depart on the minute). An inclement weather date has been reserved for June 3rd. Note: the boat is covered and will cruise if there is only rain, but will be delayed or cancelled if there is lightning and/or heavy wind. The 2nd level is open air, but covered, where the speakers will be located and the 1st level is enclosed and air conditioned with sound available via the PA system.

  Rock Hawk Talk fundraiser tickets are $50 and are on sale now.  Tickets will include hors d’oeuvres and one drink ticket; a cash bar is also available.  Only 40 tickets will be sold on a first come/first serve basis for each cruise. Tickets always sell out fast. Additional details to follow for ticket holders.

  Contact Kaitlyn Parham at the Eatonton-Putnam Chamber of Commerce: Phone: (706)485-7701, Email: kaitlyn@eatonton.com, Payment can be by check (you can drop it in the mail to the E-P Chamber of Commerce at P.O. Box 4088, Eatonton, GA 31024), cash or credit card.  Checks should be made payable to HPSBC.Payment must be received to hold a reservation and no refunds can be made after April 21, 2017, after which point the payment will be considered a donation to our non-profit corporation, HPSB Corp for Rock Hawk use.