Chief Logan State Park

Pearl Buck founded the Pearl S. Buck Foundation

French Carpenter record, Old-Time Songs and Tunes from Clay County, West Virginia, released

Ted Cassidy secured television role on The Addams Family

Maryland Pimlico Race Course installed lighting to compete with newer tracks

C&O acquired the Western Maryland Railroad

Congress passed the Civil Rights Act

Roy B. Clarkson published Tumult on the Mountains: Lumbering in West Virginia, 1770-1920

Legislature enacted law that authorized election of delegates to a state constitutional convention

Work began at Parkersburg to make U.S. 50 a four-lane highway

Ellis Dungan married Elaine Runner

North Hall was completed at Fairmont State College

Part four of Flora of West Virginia was published

The Food Stamp Act was passed, making the program permanent

U.S. Forest Service published reports on West Virginia forests, stating that 74% of the state was forested

Harry B. Heflin retired as president of Glenville State College

An addition to the Pioneer Center at Glenville State College was completed

The Hazel Atlas Corporate Headquarters in Wheeling was donated to the West Liberty State College

Homer Hickam graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute with a B.S. in industrial engineering

Ella Holroyd was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Music by Concord College

Sam Huff began his career with the Washington Redskins

Schools in West Virginia were considered fully desegregated

The Better Roads Amendment was voted on in the general election to provided money for the "building and construction of state roads and highways"

Don Redman died

A radiocarbon date estimated the Kanawha Madonna to be around 350 years old

Elizabeth Kee retired from Congress

John Knowles wrote Double Vision: American Thoughts Abroad

Supreme Court ruling State ex rel. Smith v. Gore required equal apportionment in the election of delegates to a constitutional convention and derailed a move to draft a new state constitution

The number of state senators was set at 34

The U.S. Library Services Act was amended to provide funds for library education and library construction

Hartman Hall was built at Beckley College (now Mountain State University)

The National Bank of Commerce purchased the old Kanawha County library property in Charleston

The N&W acquired the Nickel Plate in a merger that included the Wabash Railroad, the Wheeling & Lake Erie, the Akron, Canton & Youngstown and the Pittsburgh & West Virginia

John Norman joined the surgical team at Boston City Hospital

Oscar Mairs and Hillis Youse recorded the Luther Elkins petroglyph site.

Joe Powell became state director of the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO.

Leonard Riggleman retired as president of Morris Harvey College (now University of Charleston)

Chuck Ripper quit Standard Printing & Publishing Co to be full-time freelance artist

The Rock Lake Pool remained racially segregated after the Civil Rights Act

Jay Rockefeller came to West Virginia as a poverty volunteer with Action for Appalachian Youth

The West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey first began extensive excavation on the St. Albans archeological site

The Soupy Sales Show weekday morning show debuted in New York

Lawmakers created a 17th state senate district in Kanawha County

Bill Campbell beat Ed Tutwiller in golf in the U.S. Amateur Championship Final

Miles Stanley organized the AFL-CIO Appalachian Council

Western Pocahontas Corporation and Pocahontas Land Corporation donated land for Twin Falls State Park

Morris Harvey College (now University of Charleston) began offering an associate degree in nursing

The Valley Falls State Park area was acquired by the state

Cyrus Vance became deputy secretary of defense under Robert McNamara

The federal Economic Opportunity Act was signed into law

Wheeling Dollar Saving & Trust acquired South Wheeling Bank and Trust

The state purchased the old Wheeling Custom House and leased it to the West Virginia Independence Hall Foundation.

Charles Gabor became conductor of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra

Henry Aaron left Wheeling

Frederick M. Staunton, publisher of the Charleston Daily Mail, retired

Denomination adopted the name Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

Orval Brown was released from the state mental hospital at Weston

Stephen Coonts earned a B.A. at WVU

George Crumb was award the Pulitzer Prize for Echoes of Time and the River: Four Processionals for Orchestra

Phyllis Curtin sang with the Charleston Symphony Opera

Phyllis Curtin was named West Virginian of the year with George Crumb by the Charleston Sunday Gazette Mail

Home Demonstration clubs changed name to Extension Homemaker Clubs

National attention was brought to the issue of mine safety

Fesenmeier sold its brewery to Little Switzerland Brewing Company

Two-year associate degree in forestry was developed at Glenville State College

Five high schools were consolidated into Gilmer County High School

The last Gravely tractor rolled off the Dunbar assembly line

Charles Haden served on the Monongalia County Board of Education

Roy Lee Harmon wrote Rhymes of a Mountaineer

The Modern Budget Amendment made the governor responsible for preparation of the state budget

West Virginia's first spring gobbler season began

Sonny Hyde transferred to the state Department of Natural Resources to work on Outdoor West Virginia (now Wild Wonderful West Virginia)

The Jones Diamond left the Smithsonian to be on exhibition at the State Fair

Linsly School relocated to Banes Hall in Wheeling

The present entrance to the Lost World Cavers was dug through a hill

Joe Manchin's family shoe store burned

A new academic building was constructed at Marshall University

Enrollment at Marshall University reached 8,177

Irene McKinney received her bachelor's from West Virginia Wesleyan College

M. Blane Michael graduated from New York University

M. Blane Michael began working at Sullivan & Cromwell in New York

R. E. Fisher died leaving the Moorefield paper to Pheobe Fisher Heishman and husband David

Mountain Artisans was founded

John W. Saunders became president of Beckley College (now Mountain State University) replacing D. K. Shroyer

The National Bank of Commerce built a new building known as Commerce Square in Charleston

New Vrindaban began as a project of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness

The New York Central System merged with the Pennsylvania Railroad to create the ill-fated Penn Central

The annual Nature Wonder Weekend was first held in North Bend State Park

Nylon precursor chemical stopped being produced at Belle Works

Logging on Otter Creek began again

Pilgrim Glass Corporation plant manager Karel Konrad introduced cranberry glass

Radio station WVWC, licensed to West Virginia Wesleyan College, went on air

The last case of polio in West Virginia was reported

James Rexrode's works were displayed at the Shenandoah Valley Folklore Society at the Harrisonburg Arts and Crafts Festival

Spanky Roberts retired from McClellan Air Force Base

The West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey conducted another extensive excavation on the St. Albans archeological site

David Selby appeared in Dark Shadows

James A Butcher became president of Shepherd College (now University)

Governor Hulett Smith proposed $150 million bond issue for school construction and state facilities improvement.

Grace Martin Taylor retired from Morris Harvey College (now University of Charleston)

Norman L. Fagan suggested a Theater West Virginia show based on the Hatfield-McCoy Feud

The Evangelical United Brethren Church merged with the Methodists forming the United Methodists, becoming West Virginia's biggest denomination

There were 240 Evangelical United Brethren Churches in West Virginia, at the time of their merger with the Methodists

Kendall Vintroux retired from the Charleston Gazette

VISTA volunteers had streamed into rural and hard-pressed areas of West Virginia

The WAJR facilities moved to the Greer Building

West Virginia counties reasserted their control over economic opportunity commissions and community action programs, as local officials react to War on Poverty

WesBanco was incorporated

Wheeling Downs reopened

Jon Dragan founded Wildwater Expedition Unlimited at Thurmond

Bill Withers was discharged from the U.S. Navy in San Jose

Runway expansion for jet airliners began at Kanawha Airport

Chuck Yeager became a brigadier general

Keith Ham leased 130 acres in Marshall County for the establishment of a rural retreat

Nick Saban led the Monongah High School football team to a state championship victory over Paden City High

Helen Chilton graduated from Denison University

Charleston Section of the National Council of Jewish Women undertook “Appalachian Corridors,” the first exhibition to expressly curate the work of Appalachian artists

Glade Creek gristmill completed

The spring pavilion was renovated at Barger Springs

Girls' state high school basketball tournament revived after dying off in the 1920s

Beckley Newspapers Corporation was sold to Clay Communications

J. Wade Gilley became president of Bluefield State College (now University)

Jennings Boyd named West Virginia Coach of the Year

Cabell Huntington Hospital expanded for the second time

Gaston Caperton was elected president of the McDonough-Caperton-Shepherd insurance company

Shelley Moore Capito earned M.A. from University of Virginia

Lou Austin died

French Carpenter record Elzic's Farewell is released

Shenandoah Downs closed

Buildings of McMillan Hospital were demolished in Charleston

Bernard Coffindaffer married June Woodrum

Cogar Arden set the world record for standing chopping a 10-inch yellow poplar in 16.2 seconds

Merger of Bluefield State College and Concord College ended

The Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) was created

Phyllis Curtin was invited to White House to sing for West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt

Julius DeGruyter wrote a second volume of the Kanawha Spectator

George Snyder received a MFA from University of North Carolina