He further solidified his economic hold on the state by purchasing The Greenbrier. Justice, a farming and mining tycoon, was already one of the most powerful people in West Virginia. Justice would later settle a financial lawsuit with Marriott over the issue. It’s unclear what transpired, but when the sale was finalized, it was the Justice Family LLC, not Marriott, that ended up owning The Greenbrier. After laying off 650 of the resort’s employees and leveraging favorable agreements with the remaining unions, Marriott Hotel Services came to an agreement to purchase the West Virginia property. Nearly a century after the railway company purchased the resort, a decline in tourism caused by the Great Recession was enough to force The Greenbrier into bankruptcy. In 1910, C&O Railway purchased The Greenbrier. PGA of America/PGA of America via Getty Images
Sam Snead putts on the 17th green of the Greenbrier Course during his round of 59 in 1959. Fain has researched the direct connection between C&O Railway’s formation of company towns and the exploitative coal mines that would emerge throughout West Virginia. Cicero Fain, professor of history at the College of Southern Maryland. The railway was built under heinous conditions, leading to the deaths of “significant numbers” of poor European immigrants, Black people and local whites, according to Dr. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company built a railroad in 1873 which enabled thousands of people around the country to visit the resort. There isn't a single mention of slavery anywhere on the resort’s website.Īfter the conclusion of the Civil War, investments in southern infrastructure paid dividends for The Greenbrier. In 1831, the resort’s slaves were “valued” at $56,000 (roughly equivalent to $1.76 million today), more than one-third of the resort’s value at the time. Conte as a resident historian, the resort’s web page never notes that it was built and run primarily by slave labor until the Civil War. The Greenbrier’s official website offers cursory details about the property’s 243-year life span, highlighting several remodels and a few high-profile guests who have stayed there. While Schefter’s clickbait sparked the only notable news cycle about the 49ers’ stay at The Greenbrier, no big-name NFL or 49ers beat writers addressed the actual story here: the unsettling history of the resort. In fact, he only mentioned the resort in a benign opening sentence, “The Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia, which San Francisco has used in each of the past two seasons, has turned into the place the 49ers go to nurse their wounds.” Schefter’s actual article didn’t match the tone of his tweet.
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Schefter’s post received backlash from many, including Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio, who pointed out that none of the 49ers’ significant injuries had occurred at The Greenbrier. Schefter called The Greenbrier “San Francisco’s own personal house of horrors” in a tweet.
The 49ers’ relationship with The Greenbrier became a national talking point Sunday when ESPN’s Adam Schefter centered the facility in his reporting on the cavalcade of injuries the team was dealing with after Week 1.
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