User:Frankholton/Gates County

Port of Hamburg
It would exciting to reopen parts of the canal for intimate guided tours into the heart of the Great Dismal Swamp, perhaps in the same type of boats used there two centuries ago. A mile or so of the canal could be reopened at the Gates County end of the Cross Canal, into the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. This would give Gates County a natural and historic asset to add to Merchants Millpond State Park. The canal could also be opened at the east end. Here it is close to the new visitor's center in North Carolina's Dismal Swamp State Park. Visitors could experience the swamp by boat, perhaps to a re-creation of a shingle-maker' village, as part of the park's interpretation of the Underground Railroad

Public Schools
There are five public schools in Gates county and one alternative school.

Gates County High
Gates County High School was opened in August of 1962. Students were from the former Gatesville and Sunbury High Schools. The school was opened with 285 students. (notes)Building not complete, no power, water, wiring not finished 65 seniors, 59 juniors, 77 sophomores, 84 freshman(/notes)

Buckland Elementary
Established September 1951.

Rosenwald Schools
Rosenwald Schools were schools set up by money from the Rosenwald Fund. This fund was created in 1917 by Julius Rosenwald. The fund would match the amount of money raised. Money from the fund was used to create 4,977 schools for African Americans all across America before its depletion in 1948.

There were a total of seven Rosenwald Schools across Gates County.
 * Corapeake (still standing)
 * Reid's Grove (still standing)
 * T.S. Cooper
 * Hobbsvile
 * Reynoldson
 * Sunbury
 * Roduco