Charleston National Bank

B&O operated 1,700 miles of railroad

Joseph Beury and others opened Mill Creek Coal & Coke, first mine in Mercer County

Arthur Boreman organized a relief effort to assist victims of Ohio River flood

Belle Boyd divorced Swainston

W.E.R. Byrne was admitted to the bar

The Kanawha & Michigan Railway was completed on north side of Kanawha River in Charleston

Moses W. Donnally bought the Chronicle

Sydenham Herford died

William and Tom Anderson stopped running the Easton Roller Mill

William Edwards published another volume in his three-volume work on butterflies, The Butterflies of North America

Stephen Elkins was elected executive chairman of the National Republican Committee

Glenville High School moved into a house

The Hampshire Review was started by C.F. Poland

The American Ancient Order of Hibernians had groups in Rowlesburg, Clarksburg, Parkersburg, Coal Valley and Charleston

The Quinnimont iron furnace was closed

Other mills were destroyed by floods on the Jug of the Middle Island Creek

James Kay returned to West Virginia

The Lincoln County Feud began when Paris Brumfield killed Boney Lucas

The first multistate gazetteer including West Virginia, Maryland and Delaware appeared

Hu Maxwell wrote a history of Tucker County

Mennonites erected their first meetinghouse in West Virginia in Pendleton County

James Miller left as superintendent of Summers County schools

James Miller became Summer County prosecuting attorney

C. F. Millspaugh published the first section of American Medicinal Plants

New Cumberland became the permanent county seat of Hancock County

Earl Oglebay started working in a Cleveland iron ore firm

Large flood occurred on the Ohio

Democrat Emanuel Willis Wilson mounted a populist campaign that challenged monopolies and railroads

Samuel and Violet Bryant came to America from England

The Ohio River Railway was built through Sistersville

The first golf club in America was organized at Oakhurst at White Sulphur Springs

Telephone switchboards were installed at Huntington

Telephone switchboards were installed at Moundsville

The West Virginia Central & Pittsburg was extended to Tucker County

The Ohio River Railroad reached Vienna

The first West Virginia Historical Society ceased

I.C. White began working for the U.S. Geological Survey

Emanuel Willis Wilson succeeded into the governorship

The Ohio River Railroad was completed

The Ohio River flooded at Wheeling

There were 35 churches belonging to the African Methodist Episcopal denomination with 1,002 members in West Virginia

Hotel at Barger Springs opened to the public

The Carter Opera House, Beckley's first theater, opened

Florence Blanchfield graduated from the South Side Training School for Nurses in Pittsburgh

Robert Page Sims became president of Bluefield Colored Institute (now Bluefield State University)

Stephen B. Elkins acquired Bretz

West Virginia Central & Pittsburg Railroad intersected by Coal & Coke Railroad

J. R. Clifford was chairman of committee on arrangement of the meeting of Niagara Movement

Explosion in Parral Mine killed 23

Collins and Whipple mines were sold to New River Company

Columbia Corporation formed to construct high pressure pipeline to West Virginia gas fields

Fleming-Watson family acquired control of Consolidation Coal Company

Wehrle B. Geary opened the Diamond Shoe Store

Country club moved to location in Edgewood section of Charleston

Fenton Art Glass Company built factory in Williamstown

Follansbee became a city

The First National Bank of Glenville and Glenville Banking and Trust Company were created

H.B. Moore was hired as the Greenbrier Presbyterial School headmaster and reintroduced military curriculum

Henry Hatfield was elected to the McDowell County court

Hamilton Hatter and much of the Bluefield Colored Institute (now Bluefield Stat College) faculty was replaced

The federal Antiquities Act was passed as first legislation aimed at protecting federally owned historic sites

The Hitchman Coal & Coke Company began notifying employees they could only be employed if they agreed not to join the UMWA

Interwoven Mills had 2,000 domestic accounts

Our Lady of Lebanon Church in Wheeling was founded

William Leigh took a train excursion to New Mexico

Madison was incorporated

The Mason College of Music and Fine Arts was founded in Charleston by Dr. William Sandheger "Sandy" Mason

Hu Maxwell and Richard E. Fast wrote The History and Government of West Virginia

Another courthouse struggle ensued in Mercer County

The Morgantown & Kingwood Railroad began running regular trains to Kingwood

Virgil A Lewis reported the motto "Montani Semper Liberi" was suggested by Joseph H. Diss Debar

The Morgantown News merged with the New Dominion to form the New Dominion-News

West Virginia's natural gas production exceed that of any other state

Calvin Price became the sole owner and editor of Pocahontas Times

19 cases of smallpox were reported in Hampshire County

Reported six Salvation Army corps in West Virginia

Morris Shawkey became superintendent of Kanawha County Schools

William A. MacCorkle founded the Kanawha Land Company

The Lewisburg & Ronceverte was built to the C&O

John Swint established the Apostolic Mission Band for the Wheeling Roman Catholic Diocese

The Ideal Glass Factory opened at West Union

West Virginia Wesleyan College name was adopted

A line connecting the Western Maryland and West Virginia Central was completed

The New River Company bought Fayette County mines including Whipple

Carter Woodson travelled around the world

Don Chafin moved to Huntington

Clarksburg reached peak population at 35,115

Justus Collins consolidated mining properties into Winding Gulf Collieries Company

Phil Conley published the first West Virginia Encyclopedia

Coal companies collapsed, and Consolidation Coal went into receivership

Charleston's Daniel Boone hotel was built by the Community Hotel Corporation

West Virginia Collegiate Institute became West Virginia State College

Otis Rymer Snodgrass released West Virginia the State Beautiful, a film

Guy B. Johnson published John Henry: Tracking Down a Negro Legend

Earl T. Andrews was assigned to design and construct a Berkeley plant by Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corporation

The Golden Horseshoe Contest started by Phil Conley

All but one of the county seats had at least one hard-surfaced outlet

The broad-gauge Harrisville Southern Railroad ceased to run to Cornwallis in Ritchie County

School constructed at Arthurdale based on progressive education

Tri-County Airport, now the Harrison-Marion Regional Airport at Bridgeport, began as a grass airstrip

Morris Harvey College was moved to Charleston (now University of Charleston), under the leadership of Leonard Riggleman

Bluestone Dam authorized by FDR

William T. Brotherton Sr. started his first term in the House of Delegates

Pearl Buck divorced her husband

The Tick Ridge fire tower was completed at what is now Cabwaylingo State Forest.

State Department of Public Welfare established Camp Brock

Fannie Cobb Carter named director of adult education for Kanawha County schools

Frederick M. Staunton named publisher of the Charleston Daily Mail

Congress passed Wheeler-Rayburn Bill becoming Public Utility Holding Company Act

Braxton County High School opened

Maurice Brooks retired from WVU

Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital closed its nursing school in Parkersburg

Mountain State Hospital merged into Memorial Hospital (now Charleston Area Medical Center)

The Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation's assets had grown to more than $66 million

Franklin Cleckley earned LL.M from Harvard

Franklin Cleckley became first black appointed full professor at WVU

Mike Perkovic died

Julius DeGruyter wrote Drum Beats on the Sandusky

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built the East Lynn Lake

Edgewood Country Club developed 600 acres for new 18 hole championship golf course

Members of the Board of Public Works had no voice in preparation of the budget under Modern Budget Amendment

The Morris Family Old-Time Music Festival was founded

Augusta acquired and hosted by Davis & Elkins College

First bald eagle nest documented in West Virginia

West Virginia Baptist Historical Society occupied a vault and adjoining room of the West Virginia Baptist Conference Center at Ripley

Governor Rockefeller converted old Morris Harvey College buildings in Barboursville into state's first and only veterans home

President Jerold O. Dugger ended the football program at Bluefield State College (now University)

Jennings Boyd retired from coaching

Braxton County Memorial Hospital opened

Operation of the Bretz Coke Ovens in Preston County ended

Rabbi Samuel Cooper retired from B'nai Jacob

Richard Currey published his first short story

Daniel Boone Hotel was closed

Hazel Dickens released Hard Hitting Songs for Hard Hit People

Henry Louis Gates received the MacArthur Fellowship or the "genius award"

The Glen Ferris Inn was sold to Elkem Corporation

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service fenced the entrance sink of Hellhole Cavern to prohibit unauthorized entry

Homer Hickam went to work for NASA at Marshall Space Flight Center

The Preservation Alliance of West Virginia was founded

An experimental liming device was installed on Laurel Run to neutralize the stream's acidity

Jeff Hostetler transferred from Penn State to WVU

Jennings Randolph Lake and Dam was completed

John Knowles wrote Peace Breaks Out

Dale Colyer of WVU College of Agriculture and Forestry wrote report for Mountaineers for Rural Progress

Richard Virship stopped making chairs and put the Linger Chair Factory up for sale

Comprehensive state gazetteers were published by the U.S. Geological Survey

M. Blane Michael joined Jackson & Kelly law firm

Anthony Correctional Center began accepting females

Arthurdale Heritage, Inc., was founded

Cabell Huntington Hospital began conversion to a private nonprofit corporation

Craig-Patton House restored to original period and opened to the public

Douglass Junior and Senior High School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Pudden'head Wilson filmed in Harpers Ferry

Sweet Dreams, filmed in Martinsburg, was released

The Division of Forestry became a part of the West Virginia Department of Agriculture

Gunner Gatski was named to the Professional Football Hall of Fame

U.S. Borax & Chemical company acquired Pennsylvania Glass and Sand

William Hoffman wrote Godfires

Songwriter Kate Long wrote "Who'll Watch the Homeplace?"

Charles James III joined the James Produce Company

The West Virginia Lottery Commission was created

A new Marco mascot outfit was introduced at Marshall University

U.S. 48 redesignated as I-68

Study concluded a $23 million plan for a lodge, cottages, and a golf course

Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital added a Medical Office in Parkersburg

Robert L. Smith retired as Charleston Gazette publisher

Roy Clarkson retired as professor emeritus at WVU

Clover Archeological Site was added to the National Register of Historic Places

Jim Comstock sold the West Virginia Hillbilly to Sandy McCauley

Stephen Coonts was inducted into the WVU Academy of Distinguished Alumni

Drover's Inn was placed on the National Register of Historic Places

L. A. Puopolo directed The Turning

Ruel Foster co-wrote with Bob Conner Buck: A Life Sketch of James H. Harless

Denise Giardina published The Unquiet Earth

Denise Giardina published The Unquiet Earth

Little Sleepy Glenn was inducted into the WVU Sports Hall of Fame

Charles James III moved the James Produce Company to California

Pickney Benedict published Wrecking Yard

Mail Pouch Tobacco stopped painting signs

Ellie Mannette arrived in Morgantown

The William Penn Association closed the Mount St. George facility

MTR Gaming Group purchased the Chester track and named it Mountaineer Park

Thirteen bald eagle nests were reported in West Virginia

There were 17 covered bridges still in existence in West Virginia

West Virginia ranked 39th in gross state product

West Virginia's per capita income was $21,274

Division of Natural Resources had 120 law enforcement officers

Reported 1,789 full-time equivalent (FTE) students enrolled at Glenville State College

Coal accounted for 98% of fuel for electric generation in West Virginia

Hydroelectricity accounted for 1,065,736 out of 94,761,752 megawatt hours of electricity produced in West Virginia

Public libraries in West Virginia owned 5,02,976 books, 143,499 audios, 143,392 videos and maintained 7,567 periodical and newspaper subscriptions

Reported 57 farms produced maple sap in West Virginia

The Midwives Alliance of West Virginia had 11 members

There were 53 certified nurse-midwives licensed

Fall enrollment at Mountain State University was 2,619

West Virginia produced about 180 billion cubic feet of natural gas per year

Only 25 presses printed all the newspapers operating in West Virginia

Shoney's had 935 locations in 28 states

There were 2,450 Seventh-day Adventists with 34 churches in West Virginia

West Virginia tobacco production was at 1,874,110 pounds

West Virginia had 23.9 million visitors

There were five Unitarian Universalist congregation with 230 members in West Virginia

Appalachian Power Company reverted to that name while remaing part of AEP

16 active bald eagle nests observed in West Virginia

With the creation of New River Community and Technical College, the community college component was separated from Bluefield State College (now University)

A park was opened at Burning Springs

Nanya Friend named publisher of the Charleston Daily Mail

Mayflower vehicle systems was purchased by Union Stamping and Assembly

Flexsys closed the Monsanto plant

Hampshire County celebrated its 250th anniversary

Fairmont State College became Fairmont State University

Win a Date with Tad Hamilton was filmed in Fayetteville

A professorship was established in the name of Charles Haden at WVU law school