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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15RG_carnegie-hall_Lewisburg-WV.html
Carnegie Hall, built in 1902, by Lewisburg Female Institute and citizens of the Greenbrier Valley area. It is one of only three Halls in the U.S. named for Andrew Carnegie who gave $26,750. Local citizens gave $10,000 to complete the Hall.Presiden…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14B4_battle-of-lewisburg_Lewisburg-WV.html
Early in May 1862, Union Col. George Crook, 36th Ohio Infantry, led his command from Charleston to raid the Virginia Central Railroad near Covington. After tearing up track and burning a bridge, he and his men arrived in Lewisburg on May 17, with …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14B3_aldersons-ferry_Alderson-WV.html
Here, where you are standing, you can see both sides of the Greenbrier River where Alderson's Ferry crossed. The ferry was named for Elder John Alderson who received the original charter from the Virginia Legislature in 1786. During the Civil War,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14B2_confederate-saltpeter-works_Ronceverte-WV.html
Although saltpeter (potassium nitrate or nitre), an essential element in the manufacture of gunpowder, had been mined at Organ Cave since the eighteenth century, the need for the mineral increased dramatically during the Civil War. Several saltpet…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11S6_andrew-charles-lewis-march_Crawley-WV.html
The nearby highway is part of route traversing W.Va. From Lewisburg to Point Pleasant memorialized by the state to commemorate the march of the American Colonial army of 1,200 men led by Andrew & Charles Lewis. After a month's march this army defe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11S5_fort-donnally-border-heroes_Crawley-WV.html
Fort Donnally Built by Andrew Donnally a few miles north about 1771. Attack on this fort by 200 Indians in 1778 was second most important frontier engagement in the State. The fort was relieved by force under Colonel John Stuart.Border Heroes Bef…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11QP_sam-black-church_Crawley-WV.html
Built in 1901, church building was dedicated in memory of the Rev. Sam Black (1813-99). Born in Rupert & licensed in 1840. Black was a Methodist circuit rider for almost fifty years. Sam Black Church, a spiritual landmark, became a place name on h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY2B_greenbrier-county-courthouse_Lewisburg-WV.html
Constructed 1837 by John W. Dunn, well known local brickmason. All brick was made locally. Building has been in constant use since its completion and is unchanged except for wings added in 1937 and 1963.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY0H_pontiacs-war-welsh-cemetery_Lewisburg-WV.html
Pontiac's WarMassacre of white families of Muddy Creek and of the Clendenins near here by a band of Shawnee Indians led by Chief Cornstalk, in 1763, completed the destruction of the early settlements in the Greenbrier Valley. Welsh Cemetery In th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY0G_col-john-stuart-mathew-arbuckle_Lewisburg-WV.html
Col. John Stuart Col. John Stuart built Stuart Manor, 1789, near Fort Stuart. He was a military and civil leader and led a company in the Battle of Point Pleasant. As clerk of Greenbrier County, he left many historic records. His first office is s…