WV-Ronceverte

Marker text: RONCEVERTE
From the French word meaning "Greenbrier". Thomas Edgar settled in Greenbriar County before 1780. His son built first grist mill on Greenbrier River. Three successive mills were destroyed but the fourth plant operates today.
West Virginia Department of Culture and History, 1980

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Location: US 219 (southbound) in Ronceverte at corner of Locust Street, Greenbrier County, West Virginia

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