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High Country Beauty

Cove Creek pictures by Karen James

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Cove Creek News & Pictures of the Area: (scroll down) Tenants, landscaping, fund-raising efforts, summer & pictures taken around the Cove Creek Community. Click for pictures of the NEW Red Raider Room!!

Cove Creek High School Afghan		Cove Creek History Book

Designed by June Norris with Duane Thomas, size 53" x 60". Click to order from Thomas Weavers or call June Norris at 828-297-2738. To order the afghan to be mailed, the price is $60.		Compiled by Nannie Greene and Catherine Stokes Sheppard, oral histories and profiles of people from Western Watauga County, concentrating on the 1930s, 1940s & 1950s. These stories focus on the elements of everyday life in a mountain community, with special sections on war experiences and law & order. Click to order from McFarland - Publisher for $30.

		Memories of Cove Creek High School - 1922 -1965. This wonderful book was compiled in 1996 by the Cove Creek Grange and the Watauga County Historical Society. It includes a Directory of Graduates, pictures of students and staff, a history of the Cove Creek High School and many other items of historical interest. You can order a "Memories" book by sending a check for $13.50 ($10 for the book + $3.50 for postage) to CCO&D at the address below.
Click on each page to see a larger version.

Red Raider Room: Click to see pictures of the newly restored lunchroom of the old Cove Creek High School. This room imight be available to the community for class reunions, family reunions, meetings.

Tenants: The Jung Tao School of Chinese Medicine is in their 8th year of occupancy. They moved most of their operations to the second floor. They retain their patient treatment area on the first floor. See their website for further information: www.jungtao.com.

Sugar Grove Developmental Day School will soon celebrate their 3rd anniversary in the former media center of the Historic Cove Creek School. Check their website for further information: www.sgdds.org.


Sugar Grove Developmental Day School	EnviroBuild Entrance

EnviroBuild, with Jarrett Franklin and Ryan Shough, specialize in making custom cabinets and furniture using FSC wood, reclaimed lumber, or low/no toxic finishes. They are making good use of the "new" cafeteria building behind the historic school building.

Covington Foundation Grant: CCP&D was awarded a $15,000 matching grant from the Marian Stedman Covington Foundation for replacing the windows in the Sugar Grove Developmental Day School with tinted, tempered, and thermopane glass in period style. CCP&D & SGDDS are in the process of raising the $7,500 required to receive the match. Donations would be appreciated!!

Landscaping: A gift of $1,000 from the Cove Creek Grange initiated the landscaping renewal around the historic school in early July. A second gift of $500 from the Grange is finishing this project, the the able assistance of Peggy Hagaman and Howard Love. Stop by and see how nice it looks!!

Window Replacement: The windows in the historic building are being replaced with thermopane, insulated windows to improve heating and cooling efficiency. The replacement windows selected restore the building to it's original look. Presently, 115 of the 137 windows have been replaced. There's only 22 more windows to replace, so please print out the donation form and donate one or more windows in memory of a Cove Creek graduate, friend, or relative. The following picture illustrates how the new windows (on the first floor) not only provide insulation to keep the heat inside, but also return the building to its original appearance.

Photo from 1940's showing original windows.

Photo taken 2/21/03 showing new thermopane windows on first floor.

Pictures from around the Cove Creek Area: (Click on each picture to see a larger version.)


Cove Creek Community Center	Ruritan Ball Field	Cove Creek Grocery	Skateworld

Tobacco field with mountains	Tobacco field with barn	Harvesting tobacco	Hoyt Combs harvesting tobacco

Doyle Ward at Post Office	Sew N So Embroidery	Chain Saw Art	Cove Creek Volunteer Fire Dept.

Getting ready for and enjoying a Ruritan Fish Fry

Enjoying a Ruritan Fish Fry	Andy Andrews cleaning up after Farm Heritage Days	Alice Andrews finalizing the FHD Silent Auction results	Betty Boyd clearing the field after Farm Heritage Days

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Updated 04/17/08