Highland Home history

My wife and I passed thru there recently and am looking for the history, especially where the name came from.

Highland is considered the very tip of the Applachian Mountains. Even though no one really recognizes it as that. It was named such for the hilly terrain. There was a small college there at the turn of the 20th century and it closed up around 1916 or so. The school used to be called Crenshaw County High until it was changed to Highland Home High. The mascot used to be the Panther's. When WWII broke out several of the seniors left school along with other locals to join the war effort. Many went into the Air Force. They would have a student at the school to lookout for planes flying over from Maxwell field during training. When one day a student ran in and told everyone that the planes were coming. When asked how many, he said, "A whole squadron." After the war when all the locals began coming back home they changed the mascot to the "Flying Squadron" in memory of all those that fought and/or died in the war. It is the only team in the nation with that name. When you're passing back through stop at the school and read the plaque in the front, get a picture of the new F16 Fighter Jet that was recently installed. The school applied for a jet over 40 years ago and one was finally donated in 2008.

we pass through highland home on our way to seagrove beach fl. my family has made this trip many times each year sense 1952. we have made many stops for gas and r.r. over the years and have many fond memories of the folks there. i was once going a tad over the posted speed limit and a local officer pulled me over, he let me go with a warning not a ticket, very nice of him. now we are getting ready to make the trip to seagrove one more time, we will be comming through highland home on july 11 09. give us a wave we will be driving a red 2007 jaguar convertable, top will be up.

The F-16 was donated to the school in 2008 with strict orders that we had only 10 days or it would go to the next inline. Mr. CJ Faulk, a local contractor, This is a great man. , donated his employees, equipment and his resources to make it happen. A group of Locals went to Aniston, AL and worked for 3 days taking the plane apart and putting back together. CJ and his employees was at that school for several months. The F-16 site is also a Veterans Memorial. The F-16 something our community is proud of.

bob hodges wrote:

we pass through highland home on our way to seagrove beach fl. my family has made this trip many times each year sense 1952. we have made many stops for gas and r.r. over the years and have many fond memories of the folks there. i was once going a tad over the posted speed limit and a local officer pulled me over, he let me go with a warning not a ticket, very nice of him. now we are getting ready to make the trip to seagrove one more time, we will be comming through highland home on july 11 09. give us a wave we will be driving a red 2007 jaguar convertable, top will be up.

08/03/2009.....as stated above. we cane through highland home on july 11, we were in a white 2004 lincoln aviator not the jaguar....no one was out to wave us through!!!!i thought at least one person would show up,now, i will be making one more trip to seagrove beach the first two weeks in september, will set date next week, so the good people of highland home will hav another shot..... best bob hodges