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• Lewisburg

  … http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1602. Lewisburg’s birth can be credited, … there. Other circumstances that contributed to Lewisburg’s growth were the construction … B. Hayes, later president, served at Lewisburg. A devastating blow occurred August …

• Battle of Lewisburg

  The Battle of Lewisburg, a Union victory during the Civil War, occurred as U.S. troops maneuvered from … 1862, his fourth brigade, under the command of Col. George Crook, moved to Lewisburg. From his position Crook and his 1,600 men were within supporting …

• Shanghai Parade

  … ’s Day on Washington Street in "Lewisburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … .org/articles/2261. Apparently limited to Lewisburg at present, the Shanghai custom was … H. B. Graybill, who researched the Lewisburg Shanghai Parade in the 1930s, …

• Pinckney Benedict

  Writer Pinckney Benedict was born in "Lewisburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1369 on April 11, … staged readings and performances at the Greenbrier Valley Theatre in Lewisburg. Several of his short stories have been adapted for short …

• Carnegie Hall

  … , but only four Carnegie Hall performing arts centers, in "Lewisburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1369, New York, … and Scotland. In 1902, Carnegie donated $26,750 to the Lewisburg Female Institute to build the local Carnegie Hall. The …

• West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine

  The West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, located in "Lewisburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1369, was chartered in December 1972 as the Greenbrier College of Osteopathic Medicine. It was housed in buildings that had been …

• Maryat Lee

  … _John Henry_ (1979) and _The Hinton Play_ (1980). In 1984, Lee moved to Lewisburg and worked on developing Eco Theater into a national organization. She died of a heart attack in Lewisburg.

• North House Museum

  The North House Museum in "Lewisburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … founded in 1938 when the city of Lewisburg created the Greenbrier County Museum Committee. … and the Barracks, a stone-and-log structure built in Lewisburg in 1799.

• Old Stone Presbyterian Church

  … Old Stone Presbyterian Church in "Lewisburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … dedicated the structure, originally named Lewisburg Presbyterian Church, with this verse: … . Following the "Battle of Lewisburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ …

• Samuel Price

  … . In 1838, Price moved to "Lewisburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1369. … Union victory in May 1865. Returning to Lewisburg, Price was appointed circuit judge later … . He died at his home in Lewisburg and is buried at nearby Stuart …

• Fort Savannah

  … spring at the present site of "Lewisburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … at present Charleston to ‘‘Fort Union in Lewisburg’’ to obtain gunpowder. In 1782, a … Virginia Assembly to create the town of Lewisburg near the site of the fort, …

• Greenbrier College for Women

  … for Women, which once operated in "Lewisburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1369, descended from the Lewisburg Academy. Dr. John McElhenney, who was the … in 1972, but its buildings remain Lewisburg landmarks. Its Greenbrier Hall, an …

• Greenbrier County

  … . The county seat is "Lewisburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … is permanently located at Fairlea, near Lewisburg. Historically, lumber and coal have … cities within Greenbrier County include Lewisburg, White Sulphur Springs, Alderson, Ronceverte …

• Greenbrier Military School

  The Greenbrier Military School, a private secondary school for boys, was located in Lewisburg. The history of the school can be traced to 1890 when the Greenbrier Military Academy was founded. The buildings of this school burned two years after it opened, …

• African-American Education

  … were enough students. Schools were under way in 18 communities by 1868, including Parkersburg, Wheeling, Clarksburg, Charleston, Lewisburg, Martinsburg, Charles Town, and "Malden":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1479. These early schools …

• Greenbrier River Trail

  … wvencyclopedia.org/articles/994 in Pocahontas County to Caldwell, near Lewisburg, by way of "Seneca State Forest":http:// … was active from 1900 to 1978. Mark A. Hankins, of Lewisburg, whose grandfather and father had planned the Greenbrier Division …

• Grenadier Squaw

  … , Ketty learned that they intended to attack Fort Donnally, near Lewisburg. She dressed heroic Philip Hammond and John Pryor Indianstyle, and … . The attack was beaten off until a relief force from Lewisburg, led by Col. Sam Lewis and Capt. Matthew Arbuckle, …

• Alexander Welch Reynolds

  … Reynolds (April 26, 1816-May 26, 1876) was born in "Lewisburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1369. He served in the … is a memorial to him in the Old Stone Presbyterian Church cemetery in Lewisburg, General Reynolds was buried in Egypt.

• Henry Ruffner

  Pamphleteer Henry Ruffner (January 16, 1790-December 17, 1861) was born in Luray, Virginia. He attended Lewisburg Academy (1809–12) and Washington College (1812–13), now Washington and Lee University. After licensure in 1815 with the Lexington Presbytery, …

• St. John’s Chapel

  … teens. William Lynn Lewis’s grandfather founded the Sweet Springs resort and was the brother of Andrew Lewis, after whom Lewisburg is named. The church was used by "Irish":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/867 immigrants working at the …

• Matthew Arbuckle

  … Arbuckle established his residence near "Lewisburg":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles … www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2375, near Lewisburg. On retirement from active military … to lay out a route from Lewisburg to Warm Springs, Bath County. …

• Arbuckle’s Fort

  … included "McCoy's Fort":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2417, "Fort Donnally":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2375, and "Fort Savannah":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2054 at present Lewisburg.

• Architects and Architecture

  … stockade, Fort Shepherd, a few decades before. "Old Stone Church":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1753 in Lewisburg, another late 18th-century building, tells eloquently of its significance by its very name. By this time "Samuel …

• Averell’s Raid

  … capture the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals library in "Lewisburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1369 for the … works in nearby Virginia. But when Averell turned toward Lewisburg he encountered resistance. At Rocky Gap near "White …

• Aviation

  … Memorial Airport near Beckley (1952), Wood County Airport near Parkersburg (1946), and the Greenbrier Valley Airport at Lewisburg (1968). General aviation airports are becoming increasingly important throughout the state. In 1939 a small airplane, a …