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07023.ED – Students of Grand View Elementary School from Harpers Ferry, WV are pictured in this photo. They were on a field trip to Luray Caverns in VA in the 1950’s. They traveled by school bus. Grandview was one of the earliest black schools in the Harpers ferry District. Located in Bolivar on Ridge Street, it served black students for grades 1-8 and closed at the end of the 1965 school year. The last members of the faculty were: Principal Mr. Robert Nunn and 3 teachers Mr. Thomas Lee, Mrs. Ruby Reeler, Mrs. Betty Raylor and custodian Mr. Walter Fox.