Greenbrier

White Sulphur Springs, WV

Site of the first organized golf club in United States.

Alderson, WV

Settled in 1777 by "Elder" John Alderson, the frontier missionary.

Alderson, WV

Alderson Academy opened September 18, 1901, a coeducational secondary school founded mainly through the efforts of Miss Emma C. Alderson.

Alta, WV

The nearby highway is part of route traversing W. Va.

On the evening of May 1, 1863, Lt. Col. George Edgar moved to block Union troops marching to Lewisburg.

The Greenbrier Limestone, which crops out here and along U.S. Route 219 between Renick and Salt Sulphur Springs, is the "Big Lime" of the...

Alta, WV

Before the Fort Donnally attack, settlements had been warned by Phillip Hammond and John Pryor, scouts at Point Pleasant, who, made-up as...

Before the Fort Donnally attack, settlements had been warned by Philip Hammond and John Pryor, scouts at Point Pleasant, who, made up as...

Lewisburg, WV

Carnegie Hall, built in 1902, by Lewisburg Female Institute and citizens of the Greenbrier Valley area.

Lewisburg, WV

Col. John Stuart built Stuart Manor, 1789, near Fort Stuart.

The wartime division of WV lasted into the years just after the Civil War.

Lewisburg, WV

Enslaved African, noted for ravery in defense of Fort Donnally during Shawnee attack May 29, 1778.

White Sulphur Springs, WV

A two-day encounter, Aug. 26-27, 1863, between Gen. Sam Jones' Confederates and Gen. W. W. Averell's Federals.

Lewisburg, WV

Site of the campus of Greenbrier College.

Lewisburg, WV

Constructed 1837 by John W. Dunn, well known local brickmason.

Formed, 1778, from Botetourt and Montgomery.

Formed, 1778, from Botetourt and Montgomery.

Formed in 1818 from Greenbrier, Kanawha and Randolph.

Formed in 1818 from Greenbrier, Kanawha and Randolph.

Formed, 1778, from Botetourt and Montgomery.

Formed, 1778, from Botetourt and Montgomery.

Formed, 1778, from Botetourt and Montgomery.

Formed, 1778, from Botetourt and Montgomery.

Formed, 1778, from Botetourt and Montgomery.

Lewisburg, WV

First established at Lewisburg 1808-09 by Dr. John McElhenney and chartered as an academy in 1812.

Lewisburg, WV

First school was established 1808-09 by Dr. John McElhenney and chartered as an academy in 1812.

White Sulphur Springs, WV

Named for Kate Carpenter, whose husband, Nathan, was killed by the Indians.

White Sulphur Springs, WV

Born 1918 in White Sulphur Springs, she attended high school at West Virginia State College and received a bachelor's degree, 1937.

Lewisburg, WV

Confederate troops under Gen. Henry Heth here, May 23, 1862, were repulsed in attack upon division of Col. Geo.

Lewisburg, WV

Presbyterian Church established, 1783.

Rainelle, WV

Established as Raine-Andrew Lumber Co. concern with purchase of 32,000 ac.

Organ Cave, WV

In this cave, whose beautiful natural formations have long been known, salt petre was manufactured before 1835.

Massacre of white families of Muddy Creek and of the Clendenins near here by a band of Shawnee Indians led by Chief Cornstalk, in 1763,...

Ronceverte, WV

From the French word meaning "Greenbrier".

A post office was established here in 1889 and the village was incorporated in 1945.

Built in 1901, church building was dedicated in memory of the Rev. Sam Black (1813-1899).

Lewisburg, WV

Born July 28, 1805, Samuel Price served in the Virginia legislature, 1850-51 Constitutional Convention, and 1861 Richmond Convention.

On November 26, 1862, 20 members of Company G, 2nd WV Cavalry, led by Maj. William H. Powell and Lt. Jeremiah Davidson, surprised and...

Lewisburg, WV

The Greenbrier area was predominately Southern in its sympathies, a nd furnished some 3000 men for the army of the Confederacy.

Fairlea, WV

In November 1863, David S. Creigh, a well-known southern sympathizer, found a Union soldier ransacking his home and harassing his wife.

Six miles west, a Confederate regt.

White Sulphur Springs, WV

Twelve Presidents, from "Old Hickory" Jackson to Woodrow Wilson, have been among the noted guests at the mineral springs where for nearly...