Chronicles of Border Warfare

Alexander Scott Withers wrote and Joseph Israel published Chronicles of Border Warfare

Martin Delany moved to Pittsburgh

Harpers Ferry Free Press became the Virginia Free Press

Ripley, the county seat of Jackson County, was laid out by Jacob Starcher

George Jackson died

Julie Neale Jackson died

Terra Salis became Malden when David Ruffner laid out lots, streets and alleys

Daniel Lamb was elected city clerk of Wheeling

A state law library was established in Lewisburg

The Western Virginian and People's Press was established in Elizabethtown

The trustees of Monongalia Academy established Morgantown Female Collegiate Institute

Anne Royall established Paul Pry newspaper in Washington

William Chapman Sr.'s Chapman Floating Theater floated down the Ohio River from Pittsburgh

Construction began at Staunton on turnpike

Wheeling was declared an inland port of entry

Richard Whelan was ordained to the priesthood

Waitman Willey graduated from Madison College in Pennsylvania

The Bluefield DailyJournal closed

Land purchased for $24,757 for Cabell County Courthouse

Huntington established Chamber of Commerce

Clay was incorporated

$20,000 appropriated for new academic building at what is now known as Concord University

John William Davis (originally from Clarksburg) graduated from law school at Washington and Lee

Bethany Chapter of Delta Tau Delta ceased activity

Distinct historic courthouse was built in Fayetteville

Jack Glasscock returned to Wheeling to manage and play for Wheeling Base Ball Club

Harrisville, the county seat of Ritchie County, was named in honor of Thomas Harris

The Montgomery Preparatory School (West Virginia University Institute of Technology) was founded

Lewis County's first high school was established

Joseph Long sold the Herald

West Virginia passed a law preventing railroad from engaging in the business of buying and selling coal

A formal community of Orthodox Christians was founded in Bluefield

Michael Owens had perfected machinery for blowing tumblers, light bulbs and lamp chimneys

Extensive timbering began along the Pocatalico River

A timber company began extensive operations on the waters of Pocatalico which added to Poca's growth.

Morris Shawkey came to West Virginia as professor of education at West Virginia Wesleyan College

E. M. Statler left the McLure House for Buffalo, New York

Ephraim Wells opened the Wells Hotel in Sistersville

The Virginia was built in Cincinnati

Ralph Weinberg was born in Baltimore

The McDowell County courthouse at Welch was constructed

Welch population was at 300

Agnes Westbrook Morrison was the first woman to graduate from College of Law at WVU

Agnes Howard Hall, now on the Register of Historic Places, was built as a residence for women at West Virginia Wesleyan College

Williamson became the county seat of Mingo County

William Wilson became postmaster general under President Cleveland's cabinet

Hurry-up Yost played tackle on the WVU football team

A.S. Withers wrote an early report of Betty Zane's save of Fort Henry in Chronicles of Border Warfare