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Presbyterian. Founded in 1900 by Edgar Tufts. Named for teacher Elizabeth McRae & benefactor Mrs. S. P. Lees. Senior college since 1988.
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Established in 1842 by Bishop Levi S. Ives. Reorganized in 1895 by Bishop J. B. Cheshire.
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Author of The Balsam Groves of the Grandfather Mountain, 1892; educator and humorist. Grave one block south.
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In 1860 Banner Elk was a small community in the mountains of Watauga County (present-day Avery County). Then called Banner Elk, it was named for the local Banner family and the Elk River. During the last years of the Civil War, an organized system…