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Main College Promenade College History Any thorough history of Appalachian State Teachers College must nec- essarily include a review of the early dates, undertakings, and events associated with the lives of its founders. Its success is unquestionably a result of their untiring efforts. Moreover, they planted its ideals; to raise the standards of citizenship in the state and to encourage the education of her poorest boy and girl. In 1899. two brothers. D. D. Dougherty and B. B. Dougherty, returned from a successful teaching career to their old homestead in the Appalachian Mountains. In their hearts burned the desire to establish a school of higher learning, a desire which set for them no easy task. Moved by the sincerity of these two young educators, their father. Mr. Daniel Boone Dougherty, and their neighbor. Mr. J. F. Hardin, donated the site for the prospective institu- tion. But more than a sight was necessary. In fact, funds were likewise essential. Mr. B. B. Dougherty assumed the responsibility of procuring them. He succeeded. Some gave as little as twenty- five cents, others donated lumber and their services, and the largest gift, five hundred dollars, came from Mr. Moses H. Cone of Greensboro. Mr. Dough- erty ' s zeal attracted donations from virtually every state east of the Mississippi.
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Justice Hall, Boys ' Dormitory i Consequently Watauga Academy, with the two brothers as co-principals, opened in the late fall of 1899. Here southern teachers were able to obtain valuable training for their profession. It was soon obvious that such an institution, privately-owned and with a limited capacity, was insufficient. Commodious quarters were in g
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