Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-10-07
OUR OWN TOWN.

i.cwi>bur2 has been a town since
lI|S. 1t growing ont of old For
Union. established in III. |, MAS
incorporated III the year 1882 by
Act of The General Assembly of Viz
Binia. 1t is the third oldest city or
town in the Staic-CiarkS burS and
Wheeling being older. II has had
no great growth. but being in a
blue grass. farming community, She
has held her own and within re-
cent years has had 4 marked and
steady growth. ii has been The
County Seat since 1913. She mas
had Il history and Il people of whom
any town or community could be
justly proud. While We appreciate
her past and what >h" has been and
what She is to-day. YET ii is not of
these We desire at the present to
write. II is her future we have in
mind.
With her two schoolS--thc Lewis
burg Female Seminary and the
GrecnDriCr Military School--schools
second to none of their midland
their future growth i.cwiSburg will
IN the future surpasS anything she
has been in the past, as a school and
resident town. Even to-day the de-
mand for homes is for greater than
the supply; and the immediate
growth Of Lewisburg is retarded. as
IS the case Of many other towns, for
The lack of houses and building sites
This. however,, us is the case with
all towns, will in the near future be
overcome.
Lewisburg offers one of the incest
places in the whole country as Il
summer resort, for those who do
not want to 60 to more exciting
places. But for those (and their
number is lcgion) who want a real
place of retirement, where real rest
may be found--they are hunting for
Just such 4 place as LcwiSburg, Il
place of history and culture; and Il
climate unsurpassed. All that is
needed to make Lewisburg a resor,
for the people who want quiet and
rcstful vacation is that provision be
made for ii. An adequate, modern
hotel is what is needed. This is be-
rng looked forward TO and plans are
already being made for the enter
prise.
Another feature that goes TO make
the greater Lcwisburg of the future
is the completion Of Midland Trail.
This will bring tourists from all
parts OF the country through Lew
Isburg. No one can estimate the
number Of tourists who will travel
daily over this highway. Lewis
burg being one hundred
miles cast Of Charleston. she is so
situated to be stopping place for
any haif-day'S reasonable travel: be
thai stop either noon or night. With
the proper facilities of accOsnmo-
dalton, his means within itself
thousands of dollars annually TO be
left in Lcwisburg by tourists alone.
30 by all means let us have Midland
Trail not only through Lcwisburp.
but clear through HE heart of the
county. BY having it through the
county We Immediately open up The
bluegrass section OF Greenbricr
county and Lcwisburg with the ra-
pidlN developing industrial section
III the Western part Of the county.
rms means market for what the
farmer has to sell; and more DAT
ronagc for our schools as well as
more residents for our town.
LewIsburg has II future before il.
All that is needed is vision. Il will
and determination to lay hold
with an unsclfiSh hand and build
along every line 10 take care of
"hat is coming our way, SO if there
are any OF us tand we have never
neird that there arc any) who have
been enclincd to have a hammer.
!rfs lay it aside and take up the
norm OF progress and foot il for
greater G.cwisburg.