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• Jim Justice

  … facing bankruptcy. He also purchased the Greenbrier Sporting Club, a private golf … Other major projects planned for the Greenbrier included a deluxe condominium complex … election as governor. Since purchasing the Greenbrier, Justice has invested in other …

• Fort Donnally

  Fort Donnally in Rader’s Valley, "Greenbrier County":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2168, was the scene … site along Little Sinking Creek (now Rader’s Run) in present Greenbrier County in about 1771. The Donnally house was likely first & …

• Greenbrier Classic

  … to the FedExCup. Televised nationally, the Greenbrier Classic attracted some well-known … Phil Mickelson, and Tom Watson. The Greenbrier Classic winners were Stuart Appleby … stage the Classic each summer. The Greenbrier has hosted other professional golf …

• African-American Coal Miners

  African-Americans played a key role in the growth of West Virginia’s "coal industry":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1349. Blacks from rural areas of the upper south, mainly Virginia, helped to lay track for the three major railroads that …

• Greenville Saltpeter Cave

  … . All of the entrances are on private property. The Greenville Saltpeter Cave occurs in the Union Limestone of the Greenbrier Group (Mississippian age). The cave was designated a "National Natural Landmark":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ …

• Rehoboth Church

  … as he stood in the church’s doorway because the crowd was too large for the small structure. Asbury also held sessions of the Greenbrier Conference at Rehoboth in 1792, 1793, and 1796. Rehoboth Church is made of logs hewn on the inside only. The inside …

• The Revolutionary War

  … raids, particularly in the Monongahela and Greenbrier watersheds. It was brutal guerrilla … www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2375 in Greenbrier County. Fort Henry was attacked … the war, particularly in the New, Greenbrier, and Monongahela watersheds. But the …

• Otis Rice

  … for State and Local History; _Hatfields and McCoys_; _Frontier Kentucky_; _Charleston and the Kanawha Valley_; _History of Greenbrier County_; _Sheltering Arms Hospital_; and _West Virginia: The State and Its People_. He co-authored with Stephen W. Brown, …

• Ridge and Valley Province

  … none is more renowned than White Sulphur Springs in "Greenbrier County":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2168. The … South Branch of the Potomac and the Cacapon, Shenandoah, Greenbrier, and Bluestone rivers have incised their meanders in the …

• Gypsy Moth

  … were defoliated in the Eastern Panhandle. The gypsy moth subsequently spread down the ridges into Pendleton, Pocahontas, and Greenbrier counties, crossed the higher mountains of Preston, Tucker, and Randolph counties, and spread southwest into Ritchie, …

• Agriculture

  … counties along and east of the Allegheny range, with Greenbrier, Hardy, Monroe, Pendleton, Preston, "Hampshire":https … in the state are concentrated in Pendleton, Pocahontas, Greenbrier, Hampshire, Monroe, Preston, "Randolph":https://www …

• Saltpeter Mining

  … saltpeter. Many artifacts of the process have been found in West Virginia caves, including hoppers and tools. Such artifacts may be seen by visitors to Organ Cave in "Greenbrier County":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2168.

• Sandy Creek Expedition

  … defeat of Gen. Edward Braddock’s forces in July 1755, the Indians had rampaged through the forward settlements in the New, Greenbrier, and Tygart river valleys. Scores of settlers were killed, wounded, or captured, among whom were "Mary Draper Ingles& …

• Alderson Baptist Academy

  Founded by Miss Emma Alderson in Greenbrier County, 1901. See "Alderson Broaddus University":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/187

• Alderson Federal Prison Camp

  … for Women. Its first warden was Mary B. Harris. The prison complex is located near Alderson on the "Greenbrier River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/33 in Summers County. Prior to the construction of Alderson Federal Prison Camp, …

• Burl Sawyers

  … road commissioner, and later served prison time for corruption in the execution of his duties. He was born at Smoot in "Greenbrier County":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2168, and educated as an engineer. He lived most of his life in & …

• Allegheny Front

  … offset ten to 12 miles to the northwest, west of the "Greenbrier River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/33, and then … to 3,500 feet. Near Alderson the front lies athwart the Greenbrier River, making a ten-to-12-mile jog southeast to Little …

• Battle of Allegheny Mountain

  … War’s first year. More than a month after an October 3 battle at Camp Bartow (known as the Battle of "Greenbrier River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/33), the Confederate army stationed at that point withdrew to winter quarters atop the …

• Allegheny Mountains

  … ":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1422, "Tygart":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/805, Cheat, and "Greenbrier":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/33 rivers. The Cheat River flows northward through the heart of the …

• Allegheny Trail

  … Pocahontas, Randolph, Tucker, and Preston counties on its way to Pennsylvania. The trail proceeds by way of the "Greenbrier River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/33, Glady Fork, "Canaan Valley":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ …

• Amphibians and Reptiles

  … is known to occur only in General Davis Cave in Greenbrier County, and the Cheat Mountain salamander occurs in the … ":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2024 and "Greenbrier":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2168 counties indicate …

• Seneca State Forest

  … ;:http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1876, on the "Greenbrier River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/33. … Pocahontas County although not through the forest. The "Greenbrier River Trail":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ …

• The Seneca Trail

  … the vicinity of Hillsboro and Droop Mountain to the Greenbrier River near the Pocahontas-Greenbrier county line. The trail then followed Anthony Creek to "White … .org/articles/1239 and followed the Greenbrier River to the New River and …

• Appalachian Craftsmen, Inc.

  … and to gift and clothing boutiques. A Huntington shop provided a local retail outlet. In 1979, a shop opened at the "Greenbrier resort":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/42 and, in 1980, another followed at the Homestead resort in Virginia. …

• Architects and Architecture

  … Run in Jefferson County. Far to the south, "mineral springs":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1802 in Greenbrier and Monroe counties were already attracting visitors in the early 1800s. As at "Berkeley Springs":http://www. …