Lewisburg History Project

The history of Greenbrier County, West Virginia, begins with the Scotch-Irish and German settlers who migrated to the Shenandoah Valley between 1732 and 1745. Lewisburg, the county seat, was incorporated by an Act of the Virginia Assembly in 1782, making it one of the oldest towns in West Virginia.

DID YOU KNOW? Is a special feature of The Lewisburg Living History Exhibit. Interesting and long-forgotten facts about the past are featured in the county’s local newspapers. You can read them here. Click on a link below for features with pictures. VISIT OFTEN – we hope to add many more!

Lewisburg – A Very Old Town

A Town with a History

The Ties That Bind

Coming Together

Greenbrier County

Mother of the Southern Tier

Our Namesake

Lewisburg, Ohio

The Greenbrier River

Longest River in West Virginia

General Andrew Lewis

Hero, Soldier Statesman

Henry Mason Mathews

Governor of WV - 1876

First Grist Mill - Frankford

First Grist Mill in Greenbrier County

The Renick House – Renick

Social Center during Civil War

Old Stone Church Construction

Built in 1796

Ronceverte, WV

Incorporated 1882

Steam Fire Engine - Ronceverte

First in West Virginia

John Wesley Methodist Church

Built in 1820

St. Lawrence Boom & Lumber

Largest Softwood Plant in the U.S.

First Circus

Feamster’s Circus

Telephone Service – Lewisburg

Limestone Telephone Company

The Skating Party

Skating on The Greenbrier River

First Toll Road

First Toll Road in Greenbrier County

Click on the Green Buttons for Story

Articles - 2004 Celebrating “The Ties that Bind”

The Ties that Bind

Coming Together

The Skating Party

Skating on the Greenbrier River

Our Namesake

Lewisburg, Ohio

First Toll Road

First Toll Road in Greenbrier County

General Andrew Lewis

Hero, Soldier and Statesman

Greenbrier County

Mother of the Southern Tier of Counties

First Grist Mill

First Grist Mill in Greenbrier County

The Greenbrier River

Longest River in West Virginia

John Wesley Methodist Church

Built in 1820

Henry Mason Mathews

Governor of WV 1876

First Steam Fire Engine

First in West Virginia

The Renick House

Social Center during the Civil War

St. Lawrence Boom & Lumber

Once the Largest Softwood Plant in the US

Ronceverte, WV

Incorporated 1882

Telephone Service in Lewisburg

Limestone Telephone Company

Articles - 2003

Lewisburg – A Very Old Town

A Town with History

Early Business in Lewisburg

Cabell-Vandiver Hotel

Old Stone Church Construction

Built in 1796

The First State Fair

Greenbrier Agricultural Society Fair

First Circus

Feamster’s Circus

First Official Banker

Alex F. Mathews

The First Courts

“Western Capital of Virginia”

Saving the Credit

Old Man Broughy

First School

Lewisburg Academy

First Masonic Lodge

Oldest Masonic Lodge

We Need Water

Henry Gilmore

Freedom of the Press

Greenbrier Valley Press Association