Bethel Union School, photo 1

Bethel Union School in Sugar Grove, North Carolina, was one of five high schools in Watauga County that were merged by the Watauga County Board of Education to form Watauga High School, which opened in 1965. The others included Appalachian High School (1938-1965), Blowing Rock Union School, Cove Creek, and Watauga Consolidated School. This image appears in the 1966 Watauga High School yearbook, The Musket (p. 16).

Appalachian State University

Pritchett Collection, 2003.080, Box 6, Elderly People ND, C14.1.4.6.

University Archives, Appalachian State University

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Bethel Union School (Sugar Grove, NC). Watauga County Schools (Watauga County, N.C.)

Bethel Union School (n.d.)

1950-1959. 1960-1969

Series 11 -- Local Area

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