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4 unusual facts about Greenbrier


Beasley-Parham House

The Beasley-Parham House is located in the vicinity of Greenbrier, Tennessee, United States.

Greenbrier, Arkansas

The town was named for the painfully prickly greenbriar vines which grew along the creek through the town; removing these dense and thorny thickets was apparently a memorable experience for the founders.

James Paul Clarke

Clarke attended public schools as well as Tutwilder's Academy in Greenbrier, Alabama.

Tony L. Cothron

A native of Greenbrier, Tennessee, Cothron graduated from Middle Tennessee State University in 1977 and was commissioned through Aviation Officer Candidate School in 1978.


Alta, West Virginia

Alta, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia

Area code 909

In 2004, KROQ-FM released a charity album entitled Christmas Time in the 909, which included a track of the same name by Greenbrier Lane.

Bateau

West Virginia author W. E. Blackhurst used "bateau" in his books of Pocahontas County and the Greenbrier River.

David Meeks

Meeks was reared in the Springhill Community in Faulkner County and attended first Greenbrier High School in Greenbrier but graduated from Samuel W. Wolfson High School in Jacksonville, Florida.

Gardner, West Virginia

Gardner, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Greenbrier County

Greenbrier Presidential Express

Following his purchase of The Greenbrier resort in his native West Virginia, millionaire coal entrepreneur Jim Justice launched a number of new initiatives aimed at reinvigorating the struggling property, including significant renovations, the Greenbrier Classic PGA Tour event, and the construction of a casino.

Leucoptera smilaciella

The Greenbrier Leaf Miner (Leucoptera smilaciella) is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family.

Loyal Company of Virginia

Significantly the Virginia delegation was led by Thomas Walker and Andrew Lewis, who led the Greenbrier Company.

Palestine, West Virginia

Palestine, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Greenbrier County

Rorer

Rorer, West Virginia, unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States

St. Lawrence Boom and Lumber Company

Storage was needed for the millions of logs cut from Pocahontas and upper Greenbrier counties.

West Virginia State Capitol

The front of the building faces the Kanawha River, and the entire capitol plaza is bordered by Kanawha Boulevard East (also known as U.S. Route 60 and the Midland Trail), Greenbrier Street (also a part of Route 60 and West Virginia Route 114, where the latter terminates), California Avenue and Piedmont Road.

WVVA

In addition to its main studios, WVVA operates a Beckley Bureau (on Main Street along North Kanawha Street/WV 210) and a "virtual" Greenbrier Valley Bureau (covering Summers, Monroe, and Greenbrier Counties in West Virginia as well as Giles County, Virginia).


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