Wrightsboro: the challenge of preserving a late 1700s rural Quaker community

Wrightsboro, Georgia is a pre-Revolutionary settlement in the Central Savannah River Area. As with any historic rural community, there are many challenges involved in the preservation and promotion of its historic resources. This thesis follows the communitys path in preservation, documenting its successes and failures. Preservation efforts in Wrightsboro illustrate the challenges involved in an historic district when there is sparse population, limited funding, a remote government presence and a limited number of willing volunteers. Lessons learned in Wrightsboro, good and bad, can be applied to a number of other historic rural communities.