A Brief History of the Greenbrier Resort

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The World's Elite
Twenty-six Presidents have stayed at The Greenbrier, as well as world-class athletes like Olympic champion Mildred "Babe" Zaharias and golf legend Ben Hogan, who won the 1950 PGA tournament at the Greenbrier and received his winning $10,000 check from fellow Greenbrier guests the Duke and Duchess of Windsor (above). Former vice president Dick Cheney became a Greenbrier spokesman of sorts when his photograph was used in a 1991 promotional pamphlet for the resort.

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