STORIES & SCHOOL PHOTOS
T H E P H O T O S
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Clearwater's First Old Log School in McMinn County, TN, 1898 - 1899
Clearwater School Group in McMinn County, TN, 1899 - 1900
Students of Mouse Creek School, McMinn County, TN, ca. 1916
Coltharp School Group, Monroe County, TN, ca. 1917
Coker Creek Elementary School (old photo of long-gone school), Monroe County, TN
Miss Laura Lee's Third Grade Class of 1956 - 1957 at North City Elementary School, Athens, TN
Miss Fannie Spiggle's Fourth Grade Class of 1957 - 1958 at North City Elementary School, Athens, TN
Miss Elsie Taylor's Fifth Grade Class of 1958 - 1959 at North City Elementary School, Athens, TN
"Aunt Billie" Brite's 1942 school photo at age 11
"Tablespoon in the Teacher's Desk" by Sandra (Nipper) Ratledge
"What an Education Means to Me" by Sandra Nipper
"And Gladly Teach" by Sandra (Nipper) Ratledge
"It Was Time to Retire When . . ." by Sandra (Nipper) Ratledge
"The Last Soap Making in North Athens" (with photos) by Sandra Ratledge "Living at the Chatsworth Hotel" by Sandra Ratledge Principal Robert Benton's letter
Short Stories (stories about my family) Appalachian Pioneers (stories about my husband's ancestors and relatives)
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This site is dedicated to the memory of my mother,
Beulah Cline Nipper, a beautiful product of the Knobs.
