Remembering Lavaca County's old Grieve School

 The Grieve School was for German children

Grieve School - Photo courtesy Friench Simpsom Memorial Library

Grieve School - Photo courtesy Friench Simpsom Memorial Library

By Murray Montgomery

Staff Writer

(Editor’s note: I wrote this article in June 2012, and it was published on the website Texas Escapes on July 27, 2012.)

I have always been of the opinion that old newspapers are the most important sources for historical research and provide a true window to the past. Historians spend many hours in libraries going through files of microfilm and, if they are fortunate,…