Remembering Avery County: Old Tales from North Carolina’s Youngest County, by Michael C.Publication date 1992 Topics Hughes, Arizona Houston, 1876-1969 - Juvenile literature, Hughes, Arizona Houston, 1876-1969, Hughes, Arizona Houston, Teachers - Juvenile literature, Teacher-student relationships - Juvenile literature, Rural schools - Juvenile literature, Girls - Juvenile literature, Intellect - Juvenile literature, Ambition - Juvenile literature, Compassion - Juvenile literature, Determination (Personality trait) - Juvenile literature, Benevolence - Juvenile literature, Devotion - Juvenile literature, Dreams - Juvenile literature, Books - Juvenile literature, Reading - Juvenile literature, Schools - Juvenile literature, Clothing and dress - Juvenile literature, Teachers - Appalachian Region - Biography - Juvenile literature, Teachers, Hughes, Arizona Houston 1876-1969 - Fiction, Great-aunts - Fiction, Great-aunt and child - Fiction, Life - Fiction, Teachers - Appalachian Region - Fiction, Schools - Fiction, Determination in women - Fiction, Teachers - Biography - Appalachian Region - Juvenile literature, Ambition, Benevolence, Books, Clothing and dress, Compassion, Determination (Personality trait), Devotion, Dreams, Girls, Intellect, Reading, Rural schools, Schools, Teacher-student relationships, Teachers - Appalachian Region - Biography, Teachers - Biography, Appalachian Region Publisher New York, NY : HarperCollins Publishers Collection inlibrary printdisabled internetarchivebooks Digitizing sponsor Kahle/Austin Foundation Contributor Internet Archive Language EnglishĪccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 03:00:45 Associated-names Lamb, Susan Condie, illustrator HarperCollins (Firm) Boxid IA40089011 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Sources: My Great Aunt Arizona by Gloria Houston, HarperCollins, 1992 Who helped build the new Riverside School Gloria Houston tells her story in My Great Aunt Arizona, published in 1992 by HarperCollins:

She “was selected as honor teacher because of her record as the State’s active teacher with the longest continuous record,” reported the Asheville Citizen. In 1953 she was honored by the state, receiving the North Carolina Teacher of the Year award at the annual North Carolina Teacher’s Conference in Asheville.

Arizona Houston Hughes (1876-1969) taught elementary school in Avery County, NC for 57 years.

My great aunt arizona by gloria houston