A Look Back
Photo: Courtesy of Judy Deegans. By William “Skip” Deegans The modern water system enjoyed by Lewisburg residents began in 1897....
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Photo: Courtesy of Judy Deegans. By William “Skip” Deegans The modern water system enjoyed by Lewisburg residents began in 1897....
Read moreDetailsPhoto of a portrait that hangs in the Kate Waller Barrett Library in Alexandria. By William “Skip” Deegans Withers and...
Read moreDetailsBy William “Skip” Deegans So long No. 614. The final piece of the ill-fated Greenbrier Resort’s private train is about...
Read moreDetailsPhoto of GMS before the fire from BriarPatch. By William “Skip” Deegans One-hundred years ago, this month, Lewisburg’s Greenbrier Military...
Read moreDetailsPhoto of a portrait at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts. By William “Skip” Deegans Pictured is a portrait...
Read moreDetailsBy William “Skip” Deegans Lewisburg’s town council, in 1899, met and “determined that it would no longer employ a public scavenger,...
Read moreDetailsBy William “Skip” Deegans The poet Anne Spencer was born on a Virginia farm circa 1880. Her mother was Sarah...
Read moreDetailsBy William “Skip” Deegans Had it not been for concerned residents of Hinton, Caldwell might look similar to this postcard...
Read moreDetailsBRYANT, ANITA / MISS AMERICA / MISS OKLAHOMA.: UNKNOWN: Caption reads, Oklahoma entertainer Anita Bryant may not have won the...
Read moreDetailsBy William “Skip” Deegans In 1809 or 1810, 20-year old Henry Ruffner from Kanawha County enrolled at the Lewisburg Academy....
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