A Brief History of the Greenbrier Resort

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Springs Eternal
The green-domed "Springhouse" (above) covers the hot spring that attracted native Americans and early American pioneers to the region more than 200 years ago. Today, the sulfur waters still issue forth, and science has confirmed what those early travelers suspected — they can heal, though mostly just acne.

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