In 1820 Joseph F. Caldwell started the first newspaper in Greenbrier County.  The Virginia Palladium and Pacific Monitor was published in the Old Stone Lodge in Lewisburg until 1930.  Through the years more than 20 newspapers have been published in the county.

 

 

Greenbrier Valley Press Association 1905-06

Photo courtesy of Jane Price Sharp

 

Back Row – Alonzo C. Nelson, Alderson Advertiser;  R.A. Kramer, Marlinton Journal;  Howard Templeton, White Sulphur Sentinel;  Andrew Price, Pocahontas Times;  Wm. B. Blake Jr., The West Virginia News.

 

Front Row (sitting) – Calvin W. Price, Pocahontas Times;  Wm. B. Blake, Sr., The West Virginia News;  Thomas H. Dennis, Greenbrier Independent;  Albert Sidney Johnston, The Monroe Watchman, of Union; George T. Argabrite, Greenbrier Independent.