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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY0D_meadow-river-lumber-company-united-methodist-church_Rainelle-WV.html
Meadow River Lumber CompanyEstablished as Raine-Andrew Lumber Co. concern with purchase of 32,000 ac. (1906-08) by John & Tom Raine, namesake of Rainelle, founded 1908. Used logging railroad from woods to mill & Sewell Valley RR (NF&G) to C&O. 190…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY0C_rupert_Charmco-WV.html
A post office was established here in 1889 and the village was incorporated in 1945. Named for Dr. Cyrus A. Rupert (1812-1891), a prominent local physician. The first settler here was William McClung (1738-1833) who came in 1766. A soldier in the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY0B_frankford_Maxwelton-WV.html
Col. John Stuart, who came here in 1769 with McClanahan, the Renicks, and companions, bought out earlier claims of William Hamilton. "The Cliffs" to the east offer one of the celebrated beauty spots of Greenbrier Valley.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXZK_greenbrier-ghost_Crawley-WV.html
Interred in nearby cemetery is Zona Heaster Shue. Her death in 1897 was presumed natural until her spirit appeared to her mother to describe how she was killed by her husband Edward. Autopsy on the exhumed body verified the apparition's account. E…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMED5_oakhurst-golf-club_White-Sulphur-Springs-WV.html
Site of the first organized golf club in United States. It was formed, 1884, on the "Oakhurst estate of owner, Russell W. Montague, a New Englander and Scotchmen" George Grant, Alexander m. and Roderick McLeod and Lionel Torrin.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMED4_dry-creek-battle_White-Sulphur-Springs-WV.html
A two-day encounter. Aug. 26-27, 1863, between Gen. Sam Jones' Confederates and Gen. W. W. Averell's Federals. Action is also known as Howard's Creek, White Sulphur Springs and Rocky Gap. Losses 350.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMED1_confederate-cemetery-the-civil-war_Lewisburg-WV.html
Side AOn the hill, 400 yards west, in a common grave shaped like a cross, lie unclaimed bodies of ninety-five Confederate soldiers, casualties of the area, including those of the Battle of Droop Mountain and the Battle of Lewisburg.
Side BThe G…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMED0_lewisburg_Lewisburg-WV.html
Side ASite of Fort Savannah, built in 1755. Here at Camp Union Gen. Andrew Lewis mustered troops which participated in the Battle of Point Pleasant 1774. Lewisburg was incorporated in October, 1782, by the Virginia Assembly.
Side BPresbyterian …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMECY_big-lime_Lewisburg-WV.html
The Greenbrier Limestone in the quarry represent the "Big Lime" of the driller. Fish-egg like o?litic zones in the "Big Lime" produce oil and natural gas in West Virginia.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMECX_lewisburg_Lewisburg-WV.html
The remains of 95 unknown Confederate soldiers from the Battle of Lewisburg, fought May 23, 1862, lie in this cross-shaped common grave. It has a vertical length 80 feet long and a cross arm of 40 feet long, with an overall width of 10 feet.
Co…