Les sources de soufre blanc; les traditions, l'histoire et la vie sociale de Greenbriar White Sulphur Springs . ine hun-rouge et cinquante acres,—la propriété sur laquelle se tiennent les théspring, l'hôtel, les liens de golf, et la ville de White Sulphur, à l'est de Howards Creek, à nowstand. Ce titre lui a été confirmé en tant que bande de hus de Said Frances, en 1783, par un décret de la Cour d'appel de Virginie. Bowyer Afterwardgot un brevet pour huit et trois quarts acres ad-joignant le tractus ci-dessus. Le White Sulfurproperty, tel qu'il est maintenant, ne prend pas tous les cent cinquante acres ainsi accordés à Bowyer; Forthe Cliff

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The White Sulphur springs; the traditions, history, and social life of the Greenbriar White Sulphur Springs . ine hun-dred and fifty acres, —the property on which theSpring, the hotel, the golf links, and the town ofWhite Sulphur, east to Howards Creek, nowstand. This title was confirmed to him as hus-band of said Frances, in 1783, by a decree of theCourt of Appeals of Virginia. Bowyer afterwardgot a patent for eight and three-fourths acres ad-joining the above tract. The White Sulphurproperty, as it now is, does not take up all the ninehundred and fifty acres so granted to Bowyer; forthe Clifford Place, which contains about one hun-dred and twenty-five acres of land, and The Mea-dows, owned by Thornton Lewis and containingabout one hundred and thirty-five acres, and all ofthe town of White Sulphur lying west of How-ards Creek have been taken out of this nine hun-dred and fifty acres. This land passed by the willof Michael Bowyer, and by deeds made by hisdevisees, to the wife of James Caldwell, who wasa daughter of old Michael Bowyer and the grand-daughter of Kate Carpenter. Mary Bowyer mar-. li, Title and History 53 ried James Caldwell in 1795. Caldwell was asea merchant who had lived in the city of Balti-more, but who removed to the White Sulphurneighborhood in 1795. Caldwell having boughtthe Bowyer interest in the property in 1808, builtthe first hotel at the White Sulphur. This build-ing is known as the store building on the left asyou go to the Spring. Among the interesting conveyances at this timewas that of Thomas Bowyer, one of the sons ofMichael Bowyer, who conveyed to Samuel Kin-caid, by deed dated May 23, 1809, all the landdescended to him from his deceased father, Mich-ael Bowyer, the said Thomas Bowyer being con-fined in jail for debt. The consideration was onedollar. In 1816 James Caldwell became sole proprietorof this property, whereupon he began the develop-ment of the White Sulphur Springs. He was, therefore, the father of this great resort; and ont

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