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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G6H_alderson-baptist-academy-and-junior-college_Alderson-WV.html
Alderson Academy opened September 18, 1901, a coeducational secondary school founded mainly through the efforts of Miss Emma C. Alderson. Closely associated with Greenbrier Baptist Church, after 1910 control was assumed by W. Va. Baptist Associati…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G6D_alderson_Alderson-WV.html
Settled in 1777 by "Elder" John Alderson, the frontier missionary. He organized the first Baptist church in the Greenbrier Valley. In 1763, the Muddy Creek settlements were destroyed by Shawnee Indians under Cornstalk.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G6B_ronceverte_Ronceverte-WV.html
From the French word meaning "Greenbrier". Thomas Edgar settled in Greenbrier County before 1780. His son built first grist mill on Greenbrier River. Three successive mills were destroyed but the fourth plant operates today.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G5Z_berea-sand_Caldwell-WV.html
The massive pebbly sandstone exposed in the cliff is the Berea of the driller and geologist. This sand produces large quantities of oil and natural gas in West Virginia.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FE4_tennis-and-the-outdoor-swimming-pool_White-Sulphur-Springs-WV.html
When the Golf Clubhouse was built in 1915 clay tennis courts were added in front of the building. The most famous tennis tournaments at The Greenbrier were the Mason and Dixon Championships held each April from 1921 to 1937. One of the final round…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FDR_the-springhouse_White-Sulphur-Springs-WV.html
Early European settlers in this Allegheny Mountain valley learned from Shawnee Indian hunters about this sulphur water spring. Health-seekers soon started arriving to bathe in the waters to relieve the aches of rheumatism. By the 1830's the resort…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FDQ_the-springhouse_White-Sulphur-Springs-WV.html
- symbol of The Greenbrier since 1835 because it sits atop the White Sulphur Spring. "Taking the waters" - either by bathing or by drinking for medicinal purposes - was the foundation of this resort. Earliest recorded use of the mineral water was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FCG_battle-of-lewisburg_Lewisburg-WV.html
Confederate dead were laid out in the Old Stone Church & then buried in the churchyard without ceremony. After the war their remains were moved to the present Confederate Cemetery. (Marker Number K.)
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FC6_greenbrier-county-war-memorial_Lewisburg-WV.html
Dedicated to the
Greenbrier Countians
who were killed in the
service of our country,
to the former
Prisoners of War,
and to those who are still
Missing in Action
World War I ? World War II
Korean War ? Vietnam War
[Honor Rolls]
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FC5_rev-john-mcelhenney-d-d_Lewisburg-WV.html
For sixty two years, the Beloved Pastor of Lewisburg Church. A faithful servant of God and a Pioneer of Presbyterianism in a vast part of Virginia.