Carcassonne High School Opens

Until the founding of Carcassonne Community School in 1923, the children of Gander, Kentucky, had no access to a high school education unless they traveled several miles each day or moved to another community, such as Berea. Carcassonne held its first classes in July of 1924. It was a first through twelfth-grade school, replacing the Pine Grove School at the junction of Bull Creek and the Meadow Fork of Bull Creek, where James Memorial Church now stands.

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Undated

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1971

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September 1980

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September 1988

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Photo Includes: 18th Annual Reunion Program, September 25th 1988

October 1981

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Photo Includes: Left – Right: Bill Bates, Pascal Dixon, Dennis Dixon, James Salyers

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Photo Includes: Left – Right: Aunt Mag Brown, Eunice Bates, Ella Mae Fugate, Ruby Caudill, Clifton Caudill, Onas Smith (Dark Glasses), Ercel Smiths Wife (Blue Sweater) back of Aunt Mag, Louise Dixon,

September 1982

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Photo Includes: Left – Right: Agman Back, Onas Smith, Pascal Dixon, Dennis Dixon

September 1984

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September 1985

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September 27th, 1992

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Photo Includes: 22nd Annual Reunion Program, September 27th, 1992

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September 26th, 1993

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Photo Includes: 23rd Annual Reunion Program, September 26th, 1993

September 25th, 1994

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Photo Includes: 24th Annual Reunion Program, September 25th, 1994

September 9th, 1995

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Photo Includes: 25th Annual Reunion Program, September 9th, 1995

September 14th, 1996

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September 14th, 1997

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September 27th, 1998

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Photo Includes: 28th Annual Reunion Program, September 27th, 1998

September 26th, 1999

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Photo Includes: 29th Annual Reunion Program, September 26th, 1999

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2000

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September 23rd, 2001

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Photo Includes: 31st Annual Reunion Program, September 23rd, 2001

September 29th, 2002

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Photo Includes: 32nd Annual Reunion Program, September 29th, 2002

September 28th, 2003

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Photo Includes: 35th Annual Reunion Program, September 28th, 2003

September 26th, 2004

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Photo Includes: 34th Annual Reunion Program, September 26th, 2004

September 25th, 2005

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Photo Includes: 35th Annual Reunion Program, September 25th 2005

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