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Greenbrier Heritage, The White Sulphur Springs West Virginia Hard cover
Greenbrier Heritage, The White Sulphur Springs West Virginia hard cover green
The Greenbrier Heritage
White Sulphur Springs West Virginia
William Olcott
Hard Cover
80 Pages
Copyright 1976 ?
Contents
3
A WALK THROUGH HISTORY
7
MINERAL SPRINGS OF THE PAST
"...for what was explorer Ponce de Leon's fountain of youth
but a mineral spring?"
11
THE CAPTAIN'S DREAM
"White Sulphur... must be the largest of the spring establishments and,
by all means, the most important."
23
NABOBS, PEERS AND PRESIDENTS
"When, lo, who should unexpectedly arrive but Henry Claythe bold and
dauntless Clay, who took pride in outfacing his enemies..."
29
BAPTISM BY FIRE
"...the seasons at White Sulphur became more brilliantperhaps in
unconscious apprehension of the dreary war years ahead."
37
LEE VISITS THE SPRINGS
"Many a young Southerner owed his acquaintance with the belle
of the season to General Lee's stately presentation."
45
THE MYSTIQUE OF THE BELLES
"The Lord made the White Sulphur Springs and then the Southern
girl, and rested, satisfied with His work."
53
TWO WARS AND AN INTERLUDE
"Money, not tradition, made it a heady era ...for this southern watering spot
had become a national society resort."
63
RETURN TO ELEGANCE
"We doubt that even the Sultan of Turkey, the Emperor of China or the
Czar of Russia... ever attempted anything more colossal."
77
EPILOGUE
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