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2005.36.182: P.M.B. Young to Caroline Elizabeth Jones, Date Unknown

P.M.B. Young writes a quick note to his mother about West Point, breakfast, and school. 2 handwritten pages.

Tags: Breakfast, Caroline Elizabeth Jones, Handwriting, Pierce Manning Butler Young, School, West Point

2005.36.128: Fannie [Jacobs?] to Miss Lou, 1859 November 3

A letter from a new friend from a young lady going to school in Charleston. She mentions a carriage breakdown in Greensboro. She has settled back in Charleston and is waiting for school to start back. She tells Miss Lou that she wishes all her…

Tags: 1859, Carriage, Charleston, Friendship, Greensboro, Merrion Porter, Miss Agnes Bates, Misses Garti, Sallie Callaway, School, Sister Mollie, Transcription

2005.36.399: James W. Watts to Lou Young, 1860 May 13

Describe the letter in detail here . . . .

Tags: 1860, children, Drought, Friend, gentleman, James W. Watts, Louisa Young Watts, Lucy, Sally, School, Sister, Texas, Waco

Muscle Shoals Middle School

At its opening in 1970, the current MSMS building housed grades nine through twelve. These grades remained in this building until 1999 when the new high school was built. Middle school students previously attended McBride Middle School (now…

Tags: Colbert County Alabama, Education, Middle School, Muscle Shoals Alabama, Muscle Shoals Middle School, Muscle Shoals School System, School

Muscle Shoals Career Academy/ Muscle Shoals Center for Technology

In 1975, The Muscle Shoals Board of Education conducted a needs assessment in conjunction with the Alabama State Department of Education to determine the business and industry employment needs in the Shoals area. As a result of the needs assessment…

Tags: Colbert County Alabama, Education, Muscle Shoals Alabama, Muscle Shoals Career Academy, Muscle Shoals Center for Technology, School, Vocational School

Howell & Graves Junior High School (Historical)

The Howell & Graves Junior High School was designed by architect Harry J. Frahn and built in 1927 in the neoclassical style and the neo-Tudor Gothic tradition, symbolically associated with the Ivy League schools. Decorative brick work, which…

Tags: Administration, Colbert County Alabama, Colbert County School System, Education, Howell & Graves Junior High School, Junior High School, Muscle Shoals Alabama, Muscle Shoals Board of Education, School

Colbert Heights Elementary School

In December of 1938 the small school of Melrose, at the foot of Colbert Mountain, burned. Interim classes were held at Colbert Heights Baptist Church while the new school located at the present site of Colbert Heights High School was built. The…

Tags: Colbert County Alabama, Colbert County School System, Colbert Heights Elementary School, Education, Elementary School, School, Tuscumbia Alabama

Colbert Heights High School

In December of 1938 the small school of Melrose at the foot of Colbert Mountain burned. Interim classes were held at Colbert Heights Baptist Church until construction was complete at the present site of Colbert Heights High School. The name was…

Tags: Colbert County Alabama, Colbert County School System, Colbert Heights High School, Education, High School, School, Tuscumbia Alabama

Colbert County High School

The history of Colbert County High School dates back to the year 1910. The school is located in the historic town of Leighton, Alabama, which is located in eastern Colbert County at the intersection of U.S. Highway 72 and Colbert County Highway 48.…

Tags: Colbert County Alabama, Colbert County High School, Colbert County School System, Education, High School, Leighton Alabama, School

Cherokee High School

Cherokee High School was founded in 1925 as Cherokee Vocational High School as it was the first designated vocational school in Colbert County. The original high school building was located where the current gymnasium stands. As the school…

Tags: Cherokee Alabama, Cherokee High School, Colbert County Alabama, Colbert County School System, Education, High School, School

New Bethel Elementary

New Bethel Elementary is part of the Colbert County School System. New Bethel was built on its present site in 1915. The original structure was a two room wood constructed building. The original building burned in February, 1924. A new building was…

Tags: Colbert County Alabama, Colbert County School System, Education, Elementary School, New Bethel Elementary, School, Tuscumbia Alabama

Deshler High School (1950-Present)

The current Deshler High School was opened in 1950 on the site of the antebellum Winston plantation located across the Commons from the Deshler Stadium. In 1954, Tuscumbia added a cafeteria, auditorium, and Junior High building. In 1966, work began…

Tags: Colbert County Alabama, Deshler High School, Education, High School, School, Tuscumbia Alabama, Tuscumbia School System

Historic Deshler High School (1924-1950)

Deshler High School was built in 1924 on the location of the former Deshler Female Institute. The school lasted until 1950 when the city opened the present Deshler High School on the site of the antebellum Winston plantation located across the…

Tags: Colbert County Alabama, Deshler High School, Education, High School, Historic, School, Tuscumbia Alabama, Tuscumbia School System

Deshler Female Institute (1874-1918)

The Deshler Female Institute was named in memory of Brigadier General James Deshler. The land and building, previously a home, was donated on December 6, 1871 by James Deshler’s father, Major David Deshler. David wanted to donate the land and home…

Tags: Colberty County Alabama, Deshler Female Institute, Education, Historical, School, Tuscumbia Alabama

Tuscumbia Female Academy (1826-1868)

The Tuscumbia Female Academy was also known as the Tuscumbia Female Seminary. It was established around 1825-26, as a means of education for women. The Academy was destroyed by arson between 2 and 3 a.m. on the morning of September 13, 1868. It was…

Tags: Colbert County Alabama, Education, Historical, School, Tuscumbia Alabama, Tuscumbia Female Academy

LaGrange Military Academy (1857-1862)

After LaGrange College moved to Florence in January 1856, a group of LaGrange citizens organized a college in the vacant buildings under the old name, LaGrange. To increase patronage, a military feature was introduced in 1857. The college reopened in…

Tags: Colbert County Alabama, Education, Historical, LaGrange Alabama, LaGrange Military Academy, Leighton Alabama, School

LaGrange College (1830-1855)

LaGrange College was located on LaGrange Mountain. In 1830 it became the first State chartered college in Alabama. Within two months of its opening, there were seventy students enrolled at LaGrange College. The school year lasted for ten months.…

Tags: Colbert County Alabama, Education, Historical, LaGrange Alabama, LaGrange College, Leighton Alabama, School

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