[5] The school opened in the Towns County Courthouse in 1887, just a year after the establishment of Young Harris College.
[5][6] It was a day school and boarding school maintained by the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention.
[2] Preacher George W. Truett was a founder (with his cousin and fellow preacher Fred McConnell), principal,[7][8] and taught at the school[9] before being recruited to move to Texas after speaking at a conference.
[10] The school featured on a photo postcard.
[11] The school band is included in a story in The Greats of Cuttercane playing as part of the festivities celebrating the debut of The Lone Biker and a visit by its star to Hiawassee as part of The Story of Felton Eugene Walker.