Greenbrier River (W. Va.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Philip Bagdon, Research Notes regarding Cass, West Virginia
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3070
Overview
Notes compiled by Philip Bagdon which were used by Dr. Roy Clarkson to complete his history of the logging town of Cass entitled Beyond Leatherbark: The Cass Saga. Bagdon's notes, composed of maps, tables and quotes from newspapers, correspondence and business records, are arranged chronologically and topically covering subjects important to the history of Cass, the Greenbrier River valley and east central West Virginia. Subjects mentioned are land purchases, timber appraisals, railroads,...
Dates:
1876-1976
Pocahontas County Roads
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2695
Overview
A rough draft history of the main roads covering segments of highways, such as State Route 39 between Huntersville and Marlinton, in the form of a travel brochure. Mentions frontier and pre-Civil War history of such places as Mill Point and Lewisburg, but its focus is on the Civil War history of Pocahontas, Greenbrier, and Randolph counties. Significant people and places mentioned are: The Great Warrior Path, Droop Mountain, Lewisburg, White Sulphur Springs, W. W. Averell, Huntersville,...
Dates:
ca. 1985
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2134
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and business records while the company was operating near the present site of Cass. Subjects and topics covered are the Blackwater Lumber Company, Condon-Lane Boom and Lumber Company, Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, Greenbrier River, logging, lumber agents, Martin-Lane and Company, railroads, J.L. Rumbarger Lumber Company, R.M. Sutton Company, Stearns Manufacturing Company, Saint Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, S.E. Slaymaker and Company, timberlands, West Spruce Lumber...
Dates:
1892-1939
West Virginia University, History Department, Grant Proposal and Greenbrier River Valley Histories
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5181
Overview
Grant proposal for a campus historic preservation plan to The Getty Campus Heritage Grant Program (2 volumes); and grant funded historical narratives regarding the Greenbrier River Valley, including topics related to native americans (pg. 1), settlement (pg. 15), mineral springs and resorts (pg. 44), Civil War (pg. 74), industrialization (pg. 118), parks (pg. 149), and rivers and railroads (pg. 172). Writings include bibliographies.
Dates:
2005