Old Stone Presbyterian Church, 1938

courtesy Volkmar Wentzel, National Geographic

 

You may  know that the Old Stone Presbyterian Church, built by men using rough native stone in 1796, is the oldest church building west of the Alleghenies which has remained in continuous use in its original form.  But did you know that the sand used for construction was carried in saddlebags from the Greenbrier River by women on horseback?  It must have been quite an undertaking, considering that the river was 3 miles away!