Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

Alexander Campbell migrated to America

Claude Crozet began serving Napoleons military in Germany and Holland

Samuel Jackson established Jackson's Ironworks at Ices Ferry

John George Jackson had an encounter with North Carolina Congressman Joseph Pierson that ended in a duel

The Old State Road received legislative authorization to collect tolls for maintenance

The Union Baptist Church was founded in Milton

The Literary Fund was established by the General Assembly

The first settlers arrived in Roane County

Henry Ruffner began studies at Lewisburg Academy

John Haymond and Benjamin Wilson began a salt works at Bull Town on the Little Kanawha River

John D. Sutton settled at Granny's Creek, now Sutton

James Madison became president

Alfred Beckley was appointed a militia general

The Buffalo Academy was founded

Alexander Campbell elected president of the American Christian Missionary Society

Baltimore investors built Mountain House at Capon Springs

General Assembly authorized development of plans for improvements to make Coal River more navigable

John Gallaher was named auditor for the U.S. Treasury by President Zachary Taylor

Guyandotte was officially incorporated

City of New Cumberland received its charter from Virginia

Frank Hereford moved to California where he practiced law

John Jay Jackson Jr. served as prosecuting attorney of Ritchie County

Cummins Jackson died in California

John Jacob obtained a B.A. from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania

The first Jewish community established a religious congregation in Wheeling

William C. Kelly was born

Construction on the B&O line Kingwood Tunnel began

George Latham moved to Taylor County

The Guyandotte Navigation Company was incorporated by the state of Virginia

The National Hotel was built in Martinsburg

Randolph McCoy married his cousin Sarah McCoy

Alexander Creel bought back land he had previously sold and established the city of St. Marys

Samuel Price was reelected to the House of Delegates.

William Miller died

Lydia Shepherd denied that Betty Zane made the famous gunpowder run to save Fort Henry, claiming it was Molly Scott

Patrick Donahue was born

The Wheeling tannery was founded by John G. Hoffman

Work began on the Weston & Gauley Bridge Turnpike

Wheeling had free public schools

Winfield was laid out

A brick courthouse was completed at Winfield

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

Chief Logan State Park gained state park status

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