West Virginia Highlands Conservancy

Patch Adams graduated from George Washington University

Appalachian Volunteers took over many county anti-poverty programs

Walter Barnes retired from serving as president emeritus of the Folklore Society

Maurice Brooks published The Life of the Mountains

Robert C. Byrd was elected secretary of the U.S. Senate Democratic Caucus

The state capitol building annex was torn down

Marmet Hospital became part of General Hospital (now Charleston Area Medical Center)

Samuel Cooper was named West Virginian of the Year by the Charleston Sunday Gazette-Mail

Fine arts building and dining hall were finished at Fairmont State College (now University)

Frank George was featured on his first recording

Grave Creek Mound State Park created

Charles Haden served on the Monongalia County Board of Education

Charles Haden first became a member of the faculty of WVU College of Law

Chuck Howley played for the Dallas Cowboys in the "Ice Bowl"

Sam Huff retired from the Washington Redskins

Charles James II modernized the James Produce Company with computers and refrigerated trucks

Hugh Curry became president of Kanawha Valley Bank

Ellie Mannette migrated to the U.S.

Catherine Marshall wrote Christy

A new dormitory was constructed at Marshall University

The Marshall University Library was remodeled and expanded

John Brooks Cottle died

Mountaintop removal mining began in West Virginia

Ruth Ann Musick stopped serving as editor of the West Virginia Folklore Journal and retired from Fairmont State

John Norman became involved in medical research concerning organ transplants

Eldora Nuzum was named president of the Association of Newspaper Editors of West Virginia

A par-3 nine-hole golf course opened opened at Pipestem State Park

Otis Rice served as president of the West Virginia Historical Association

Jay Rockefeller married Sharon Percy

The Soupy Sales Show was taken off nationally

West Virginia Legislature recognized the Secondary Schools Activities Commission as a legal entity

Clarence C. Elmore, the state Alcoholic Beverage Control commissioner, was indicted on charges of income tax evasion.

Red Sovine wrote "Phantom 309"

Miles Stanley returned to West Virginia from Washington

West Virginia adopted a corporate net income tax

Reported 7,100 people were employed in textile-related jobs in West Virginia

A nine-hole golf course opened at Twin Falls State Park

Cecil Underwood announced his candidacy for governor

C. W. Ferguson III became circuit judge

Muriel Dressler published "Appalachia"

Easton Roller Mill was willed to the Monongalia Historical Society

Ann Flagg died in Illinois

Jack Fleming became sports director of WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh

Jack Fleming became announcer for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association

Ruth Ann Musick published Green Hills of Magic

Fort Ashby was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Population of Grant County was at 8,607

Alberta Pierson Hannum's book Spin a Silver Dollar radio play was published as The Blue House by U.S. Information Agency

The National Park Service opened the Harpers Ferry Center, to serve National Park units nationwide

Frank Haymond received the American Bar Association's ABA Medal

Henry Clay Furnace was added to the National Register of Historic Places

James Dickey's novel, Deliverance, made the term "hillbilly" sinister

Every Ohio River county except Jackson had at least one chemical plant

Sam Huff ran unsuccessfully for Congress

Alice Moore was elected to the Kanawha County Board of Education as an opponent of sex education

Kanawha Records stopped recording

Kenova population peaked at 5,000

Maryat Lee moved to Powley Creek

Everett Lilly moved back to Raleigh County following son's death

Alex Mahood died

Joe Manchin graduated from WVU with a bachelor's in business administration

The tannery in Marlinton closed

Paul Marshall became a registered architect

Irene McKinney received her master's from WVU

The Meadow River Lumber Company was sold to Georgia-Pacific

Arnold Miller was forced to retire from mining by black lung disease and arthritis

Alan Mollohan began a Fairmont law firm

Ona presented four NASCAR Grand National races

Mylan Pharmaceuticals incorporated in Pennsylvania as Mylan Laboratories

Justin B. Roberts became president of Ohio Valley College (now University)

Squire Parsons graduated from West Virginia Institute of Technology

The Penn Central Railroad corporation entered bankruptcy

Frank Beyer purchased the Philippi mummies

The first VHF non-commercial station in the state, WSWP-TV, started in Grandview

Rock Springs Park shut down and was purchased by the Department of Highways.

The first indication of Jay Rockefeller's intention to run for governor came when he spoke out against strip mining

The Ruffner Hotel closed and was demolished for a parking lot

David Selby earned a doctorate in drama from Southern Illinois University

The Meadow River Lumber Company closed

Jim Comstock republished Hubert Skidmore's Hawks Nest

Ada "Bricktop" Smith recorded her only recording, "So Long, Baby," with Cy Colemen

The South Charleston Mound was placed on the National Register of Historic Places

State Police department headquarters relocated to new facilities

Jerry West led the NBA in scoring

The Folklore Society met at WVU

Federal Highway Act passed allowing tolls to be retained

Bob Wise received a B.A. from Duke University

Bill Withers moved to Los Angeles

WSAZ changed to WGNT

An addition was added to the Kanawha (now Yeager) Airport

Logan County presented its first annual Arts and Crafts Fair

Arden Cogar St cut an 8x8 inch horizontal yellow poplar in 7.05 seconds

Jack Maurice won the Pulitzer Prize for the editorials he wrote on the Kanawha County Textbook Controversy

Georgia-Pacific tore down the Meadow River Lumber Company sawmill at Rainelle

M. Blane Michael became a law clerk to Judge Robert Maxwell

John Keel first published The Mothman Prophecies

Additions were added to the Mount St. George mansion (Vancroft)

Otter Creek was designated a wilderness area under the Eastern Wilderness Act by Congress

Squire Parsons became the baritone singer for the Kingston Quartet

Pendleton Nursing Home was formed

Janet Pauley filed a class-action law suit against the Lincoln County school system, alleging children in Lincoln County were not receiving educational opportunities equal to students in richer counties

St. Francis Hospital board of directors developed plans for a new patient tower, parking garage, medical office building, and renovations

The Grafton Daily Sentinel became the Mountain Statesman

John Kelly resigned as state treasurer

The Ohio Valley Unitarian Universalist Congregation was founded

Virginia's Chapel was placed on the National Register of Historic Places

The Watters Smith Memorial State Park expanded due to gift of land by Rachel Smith Hershey

A botanist from the state Department of Agriculture resurveyed the state's weeds

West Virginia Northern Community College opened a third campus in New Martinsville

Legislature created the West Virginia State Rail Authority

Harness racing at Wheeling Downs stopped

A dog racing bill was passed by the state legislature

The nursing school at Wheeling Hospital was discontinued

Wheeling Hospital moved to a new facility

Bob Wise graduated from the Tulane University School of Law

Chuck Yeager retired from the Air Force

Dennis Harrah was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams football team