[caption id="attachment_70984" align="aligncenter" width="600"]<img src="https://pocahontastimes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2021/01/Pres.-Poca.-WestDroopSchoolStudents_1916_PHP000512.jpg" alt="" class="size-full wp-image-70984" /> West Droop School – circa 1916[/caption] Students at the West Droop School with their teacher, Lela Hollandsworth, standing on the far right. This school was built about 1915 and was located one-half mile north of the Greenbrier/Pocahontas County line on Rt. 219. When it closed in 1966, the West Droop School was the last one-room school in use in Pocahontas County. (Preserving Pocahontas Archives, ID: PHP000512) Access the “Preserving Pocahontas” Digital Library at www.pocahontaspreservation.org or www.preservingpocahontas.org If you have photographs or documents to be scanned for the county Historical Archive contact Preservation Officer B.J. Gudmundsson at 304-799-3989 or email info@pocahontaspreservation.org Prints of photographs from the archives are available.
