James Calwell deserves to be called the Founder of White Sulphur Springs because he transformed what was a small and isolated frontier "watering place" when he moved here from Maryland in 1818 into the most fashionable resort in the southern states by his death in 1851. His son, William Bowyer Calwell, managed the resort with his father and served as the proprietor until his death in 1881. Both men and their wives are buried here as well as their descendents up to 1946. By Dr. Robert S. Conte, Historian, The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
James Calwell deserves to be called the Founder of White Sulphur Springs because he transformed what was a small and isolated frontier "watering place" when he moved here from Maryland in 1818 into the most fashionable resort in the southern states by his death in 1851. His son, William Bowyer Calwell, managed the resort with his father and served as the proprietor until his death in 1881. Both men and their wives are buried here as well as their descendents up to 1946. By Dr. Robert S. Conte, Historian, The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
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