Editing Alderson, West Virginia (section)

==History==
[[File:Alderson Memorial Bridge in West Virginia.jpg|thumb|left|The historic 1914 Alderson Memorial Bridge<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.register-herald.com/news/alderson-memorial-bridge-celebrates-years/article_f372ffa4-708a-52ea-abde-8722dac95eef.html |title=Alderson Memorial Bridge celebrates 100 years |first=Autumn |last=Shelton |newspaper=The Register-Herald |date=July 7, 2014 |access-date=August 14, 2017}}</ref>]]

Alderson is a community located along the [[Greenbrier River]] in [[Greenbrier County, West Virginia|Greenbrier County]] and [[Monroe County, West Virginia|Monroe County]], incorporated in 1881.<ref name="West Virginia Blue Book"/>

In 1763, the nearby Muddy Creek settlements were destroyed by [[Shawnee|Shawnee Indians]] under Chief [[Cornstalk (Shawnee leader)|Cornstalk]].

Alderson was originally settled in 1777 by "Elder" John Alderson, a frontier missionary for whom the town is named, who organized the first Baptist church in the [[Greenbrier Valley]].

Alderson became an important livestock shipping point on the [[Chesapeake and Ohio Railway]].<ref name="Amtrak"/>

Alderson is the location of the [[Federal Prison Camp, Alderson|Federal Reformatory for Women]], which opened in 1927 as the first federal prison for women.

During the early 1900s, Alderson became a hub of higher education in the state. It was home to three separate institutions of higher education, including the Alderson Academy and Junior College, which eventually was integrated into [[Alderson-Broaddus College]] in 1932.

The [[Alexander McVeigh Miller House]] in Greenbrier County is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]], as is [[Sunset Hill (Alderson, West Virginia)|Sunset Hill]] in Monroe County. The [[Alderson Bridge]] and [[Alderson Historic District]] are located in both counties.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>