West Virginian Hotel

Walter Barnes wrote An Easy Primer

Claude Worthington Benedum, the only child of Michael L. and Sarah Benedum, died of influenza at Camp Meade

Robert C. Byrd's mother died and he was sent to live with his aunt and uncle

Anne Camden died in Parkersburg, leaving the Camden mansion to the heirs which in turn donated the house to the city for use as a hospital

J. Howard Holt published Crime and Punishment, a pamphlet opposing the death penalty

Chamber of Commerce established in Wheeling

Fire destroyed Charleston Gazette newspaper plant located at the South Side Bridge

DuPont Company plant closed at end of WWI

John W. Davis ended his time as solicitor general

John W. Davis became ambassador to England

John W. Davis was a member of the American delegation to the Geneva conference

Construction began on the High Level Bridge in Fairmont

Fairmont Times began publishing Sunday editions

West Virginia Farm Bureau Federation was created

Homer Holt graduated from Washington and Lee University

The Spanish Influenza epidemic became one of the world's deadliest and swiftest pandemics

Weirton Steel Corporation was formed

Fanny Johnson's story "They Both Needed It" was among the best short stories of the year

Hayes Picklesimer first came to work at Kanawha Valley Bank

The United Zinc Smelting Corporation began operation in Marshall County

Williamson Memorial Hospital was founded

The Morgantown Post-Chronicle was renamed the Morgantown Post

The Weekly New Dominion, a Morgantown newspaper, ceased publication

The National Bank of Commerce was founded

Owens-Illinois Glass Company purchased a Huntington glass factory

A large brick hotel was constructed by the Pence family at Pence Springs

Board of Public Works acquired constitutional status by ratification of an earlier amendment

The town of Nitro was completed.

The Bryants built the Bryants New Showboat

The Parkersburg & Ohio Valley Electric Railway ceased operation

Boyd Stutler rose to the rank of sergeant and served with distinction in the American offensives

Eighteen of Melville Davisson Post's stories were published in Uncle Abner: Master of Mysteries by Appleton

The German Bank changed its name to the Wheeling Bank & Trust Company

A Romney hospital at the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind proved vital during influenza epidemic

Oglebay Hall was completed for the College of Agriculture at WVU

West Virginians participated in the Italian Campaign

Lenna Yost became the legislative representative for the national Women's Christian Temperance Union

Evangelist Billy Sunday stayed at Aracoma Hotel

Shepherd Field, Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport, opened

Walter Barnes wrote New Democracy in the Teaching of English

The Beckley Register began publishing a Sunday issue

Son William H. and wife joined William J. Blenko in Milton at his first factory

Maurice Brooks graduated from WVU with a B.A.

West Virginia's first commercial radio station WRVC began broadcasting in the Huntington area

Thomas Carr retired from Carr China Company

First baccalaureate degrees were awarded at Concord State Normal School (now Concord University)

Phil Conley founded the West Virginia Publishing Company

The last Democratic majority until 1930

The beaver was extirpated for its fur

John Harrington Cox received his Ph.D. from Harvard

Julia Davis married William McMillan Adams

Rev. Robert Edward Lee Strider was consecrated bishop coadjutor of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, Wheeling

Fairmont State was authorized for four-year program but must confine to training teachers

Cooperative agricultural marketing law was passed

U.S. Coal Commission report awarded Gary 90 out of 100 points for cleanliness, urban amenities and safety consideration

The current courthouse was completed in Glenville

School name was changed from Lewisburg Seminary to Greenbrier College for Women

Lost Creek was the largest cattle shipping point on the B&O system

The present Ritchie County courthouse was completed

Homer Holt received a law degree from Washington and Lee University

Construction of the large Itmann Company Store began

Ella Mae Turner published compilation Stories and Verses of West Virginia

Herman Kump left office as mayor of Elkins

The State Hospital for the Colored Insane and the State Industrial School for Colored boys were established in Lakin

Hu Maxwell wrote A Tree History of the United States

Margaret Montague published Deep Channel

Herbert Chester became publisher of the Morgantown Post

Huntington First (Church of the Nazarene) was established in the Charleston-Huntington corridor and is the oldest congregation in that area

Henry Ford built the world's largest incline tipple

Herschel Ogden bought the Martinsburg Journal

Okey Patteson married Lee Hawse.

Maceo Pinkard helped set up Duke Ellington's first recording session.

The first land for the Monongahala National Forest in Pocahontas County was acquired

Jennings Randolph was elected to Salem College's board of trustees.

The Wm. M. Ritter Lumber Company acquired the Red Jacket Consolidated Coal and Coal company

Walton High School was established

Thomas Reynolds built the Majestic showboat

Weirton Steel added another sheet plant

P. D. Strausbaugh became head of the department of botany at WVU

Festus Summers earned an A.B. at WVU

Howard Sutherland's term in the U.S. Senate ended

Clint Thomas began a stint with the Philadelphia Hillsdale Giants baseball team

W. W. Trent became editor of the West Virginia School Journal

The West Virginia State Wildlife Center was established at French Creek

Ralph Weinberg married Ida Effron

Wheeling Bank & Trust Company acquired the Bank of the Ohio Valley

The Northern Teachers' Association ended

The Game and Fish Commission purchased property in Upshur County

Patty Willis exhibited her work at the Corcoran Gallery School of Art in Washington, DC

Lenna Yost represented the U.S. at international congresses against alcoholism in Denmark

Hack Wilson began playing for the New York Giants