Touché. That's who I was thinking of. Got them mixed up.
What's in the name
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Grimsley Senior High School in honor of George Adonijah Grimsley, the superintendent of Greensboro's schools (1890–1902) who fostered the creation of Greensboro HS in 1899.
Draughn and Patton are both named for local educators (I think they were both principals).
Seventy First High, in Fayetteville, is named for an infantry regiment. A British infantry regiment that fought against the American rebels during the revolution. They were at Camden, Cowpens and Guilford Courthouse before being besieged at Yorktown.
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S.C. has a Daniel Morgan High School (Daniel Morgan Technology Center in Spartanburg), named after the rebel general who won the battle of Cowpens, but there isn't one in N.C. Morganton is named in his honor.
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Isaac Shelby has already gotten a mention, but McDowell County-and so McDowell High-is named for Jospeh McDowell who also fought at Kings Mountain.
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From the city of Lenoir website:
Hibriten Mountain was originally called Turkey Cock Mountain. It's said that Miss Emma Baker, an English teacher who taught at Montrose Academy, changed the name in the early 1800s. Miss Baker may have had Brighton, England, her native county, in mind. Turkey Cock Mountain reminded Miss Baker of a resort in Brighton, England, and thought it should be given a more dignified name, High Brighton Mountain. Eventually the gh in both words was dropped resulting in Hibriten Mountain.
Stuart W. Cramer
The school was named for Stuart W. Cramer of Thomasville, North Carolina. Cramer was the founder of Cramerton, North Carolina. He was a leading industrialist in the textiles and air conditioning industries, and one of the founding partners of Duke Power.
The school was named for Stuart W. Cramer of Thomasville, North Carolina. Cramer was the founder of Cramerton, North Carolina. He was a leading industrialist in the textiles and air conditioning industries, and one of the founding partners of Duke Power.
Should've left well enough alone. Could you imagine the merchandise sales?
Hayesville is named for George Hayes, a state legislator whose campaign promise was to create a new county for people who wanted out of Cherokee County. He got elected and followed through by getting Clay County carved out of Cherokee County, so they established a county seat in the middle and named it after him.
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If Hibriten ever decides to ditch their mascot, the Fighting Turkey Cocks has a nice ring to it.
There’s still a street in Thomasville named after him.
CHASE replaced Tri-High. I believe Thomas Jefferson is on the old Tri-High campus.
Corvian Community School was founded by Stacey Haskell in 2010, named after her two daughters Cora and Vivian. According to the school site.
That's interesting, and kind of similar to Rosman, which was a combination of Rosenthal and Osmansky. Two buddies of Joseph Silversteen, who was the richest man around (and the namesake of the stadium).
Page High School in Greensboro is named after Walter Hines Page who was a North Carolina journalist, diplomat, supporter of education, and ambassador to Great Britain.
Smith High School in Greensboro is named after Ben L. Smith who was superintendent of Greensboro City Schools.
Smith High School in Greensboro is named after Ben L. Smith who was superintendent of Greensboro City Schools.
Additionally, Parkland High School also carries the Mustang mascot, with Red White and Blue. The mascot and colors of Southern Methodist University, located in Dallas Texas.
