Preserving Pocahontas

Students and teacher in front of the Brownsburg School in the 1930s. The teacher is possibly Mrs. Ida Sue Choice. This school building, located three miles northeast of Marlinton, was in use by the 1880s and was originally named McDowell. The name was changed to Brownsburg School in 1907. Records indicate that there were two schools in Brownsburg from 1908 to 1910. The Brownsburg School closed in 1953 and the building still stands today. Photo courtesy of Ginny McLaughlin Shaw, ID PHP002163

Access the “Preserving Pocahontas” Digital Library at www.pocahontaspreservation.org or www.pre servingpocahontas.org. If you have historical record or photographs to be scanned for the county Historical Archive contact Preservation Officer B. J. Gudmundsson at 304-799-3989 or email info@pocahontaspreser
vation.org. Prints of photographs from the archives are available.