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• Libraries

  … of Monongalia County (1813), with others established at about the same time in Wheeling and Morgantown. Romney, Harpers Ferry, Lewisburg, and Martinsburg had libraries by 1826, with others established in Pendleton and Jefferson counties in the 1850s. In …

• Lost World Caverns

  The cave known as Lost World Caverns is located about two miles north of Lewisburg. It is one of the largest caverns in West Virginia and a popular tourist attraction. The cave has about 6,000 feet of surveyed passages, and about 600 feet can be seen on …

• Lutherans

  … them were within the present territory of West Virginia, from "Martinsburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1552 to "Lewisburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1369, plus Mason County in the west. A second cluster of ‘‘ …

• Walter Martens

  … state. In 1929, Martens completed the work for Homeland, a skillfully designed Colonial-revival residence in "Lewisburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1369. Martens designed several distinctive Charleston homes in revival styles using …

• Constitution of 1851

  … of the 134 delegates and 10 of the 29 senators in the Virginia General Assembly. Conventions met in Clarksburg and Lewisburg in 1842 and demanded a constitutional convention to remedy matters. Between 1842 and 1849 several constitutional convention bills …

• Henry Mason Mathews

  … of Delegates. The younger Mathews attended Lewisburg Academy in preparation for study at … /1193, Mathews practiced law in "Lewisburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … positions. Henry Mason Mathews returned to Lewisburg in 1881, at the completion …

• Jon McBride

  … from NASA and the navy in 1989 to pursue a business career. He was President and CEO of the Flying Eagle Corporation in Lewisburg. In 1996, McBride made an unsuccessful bid for the Republican nomination for governor of West Virginia. He moved to Cocoa, …

• New River Community and Technical College

  … at Beaver near "Beckley":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/415, the college has campuses in "Lewisburg":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1369, "Princeton":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1922, and …

• The Courts

  West Virginia, like all the states, has separate state and federal court systems. State courts process more than 98 percent of all litigation. The matters decided by state courts interpret and develop the laws that address the daily concerns of citizens. …

• Newspapers

  … _Kenhawa Spectator_ began publication in Charleston in 1820, and Lewisburg’s _Palladium of Virginia and the Pacific Monitor_ … the _Fairmont True Virginian_, Harrisville’s _Ritchie Democrat_, and Lewisburg’s _Greenbrier Weekly Era_ closed their papers to …

• The Cultural Landscape

  … neighboring Pittsburgh area. Such things have great consequences for the landscape. Think about how different Weirton looks compared to Lewisburg. Weirton’s steel mills would look out of place in the broad agricultural valley of Greenbrier County, and the …

• Medicine

  … state. The "West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1091, located in Lewisburg, was established in 1972. It prepares family physicians for West Virginia and surrounding Appalachian states. Marshall …

• Mennonites

  The first Mennonites in present West Virginia settled near "Lewisburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1369 in 1788 when preacher Isaac Kauffman (Coffman), his wife, and eight children moved from Page County, Virginia. While no …

• Organ Cave

  Organ Cave is located at the community of Organ Cave, about five miles southeast of Lewisburg. Organ Cave has 11 entrances and is the second-largest cave in West Virginia with about 40 miles of surveyed passages. The first recorded owner (1783) of the cave …

• Midland Trail

  … Gen. Andrew Lewis":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1358 used it to march his 1,000-man army from today’s Lewisburg to Point Pleasant, where he defeated "Chief Cornstalk":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1602. In 1824, a private …

• Peters Mountain

  Peters Mountain, on the Virginia-West Virginia border south of "Lewisburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1369, was probably named after Peter Wright, an early settler. About 50 miles long, it is a continuation of the same geological …

• Pocahontas County

  … helped to reduce isolation. "Turnpikes":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/797 from Warm Springs, between Lewisburg and Huttonsville, and from "Staunton to Parkersburg":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/584 made travel …

• Battle of Point Pleasant

  … made up of militia from Augusta, Bedford, Botetourt, Culpeper, and Fincastle counties. Lewis’s force gathered at Camp Union (present Lewisburg) and journeyed down the Kanawha River to its mouth at Point Pleasant, arriving on October 6. The plan was for the …

• Dick Pointer

  … "Fort Donnally":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2375 near Lewisburg. The Indians attacked the fort the next day. On the … and freed in 1801. In 1976, a stone was dedicated in Lewisburg to honor Dick Pointer’s heroism. His musket is now …

• Presbyterians

  … .org/articles/125, Gerrardstown, "Lewisburg":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … the Alleghenies. McCue planted churches in Lewisburg, Union, and Spring Creek (Renick) … John and Rebecca McElhenney founded the Lewisburg Academy, where John was principal …

• Draft Animals

  … built in the latter half of the 19th century. Stagecoach lines operated along the Midland Trail and other turnpikes, including a Lewisburg-to-Charleston line whose coaches were pulled by four to six horses. After the Civil War, as railroads replaced …

• Droop Mountain

  … clear view of the Milky Way. The designation is "based on the quality of the night skies, stringent outdoor lighting standards, and innovative community outreach." U.S. 219 crosses Droop Mountain on the way from Lewisburg to Marlinton.

• Battle of Droop Mountain

  … moving to entrap the Confederate forces in the vicinity of Lewisburg. Although the plan failed, Averell’s 5,000-man force … both sides. Averell and Duffie called off pursuit south of Lewisburg and returned to their respective base camps. Although Averell …

• Dunmore’s War

  … /articles/1358, was composed of militia from Augusta, Botetourt, and Fincastle counties. It assembled at Camp Union ("Lewisburg":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1369) in the Greenbrier Valley and journeyed down the Kanawha River to its …

• The Economy

  … -State":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/782 (Huntington), Raleigh County Memorial (Beckley), Greenbrier Valley (Lewisburg), Mid-Ohio Valley Regional (Parkersburg), North Central West Virginia (Bridgeport/Clarksburg), and Morgantown Municipal. …