Bob Wise

Muriel Dressler published "Appalachia"

Easton Roller Mill was willed to the Monongalia Historical Society

Ann Flagg died in Illinois

Jack Fleming became sports director of WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh

Jack Fleming became announcer for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association

Ruth Ann Musick published Green Hills of Magic

Fort Ashby was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Population of Grant County was at 8,607

Alberta Pierson Hannum's book Spin a Silver Dollar radio play was published as The Blue House by U.S. Information Agency

The National Park Service opened the Harpers Ferry Center, to serve National Park units nationwide

Frank Haymond received the American Bar Association's ABA Medal

Henry Clay Furnace was added to the National Register of Historic Places

James Dickey's novel, Deliverance, made the term "hillbilly" sinister

Every Ohio River county except Jackson had at least one chemical plant

Sam Huff ran unsuccessfully for Congress

Alice Moore was elected to the Kanawha County Board of Education as an opponent of sex education

Kanawha Records stopped recording

Kenova population peaked at 5,000

Maryat Lee moved to Powley Creek

Everett Lilly moved back to Raleigh County following son's death

Alex Mahood died

Joe Manchin graduated from WVU with a bachelor's in business administration

The tannery in Marlinton closed

Paul Marshall became a registered architect

Irene McKinney received her master's from WVU

The Meadow River Lumber Company was sold to Georgia-Pacific

Arnold Miller was forced to retire from mining by black lung disease and arthritis

Alan Mollohan began a Fairmont law firm

Ona presented four NASCAR Grand National races

Mylan Pharmaceuticals incorporated in Pennsylvania as Mylan Laboratories

Justin B. Roberts became president of Ohio Valley College (now University)

Squire Parsons graduated from West Virginia Institute of Technology

The Penn Central Railroad corporation entered bankruptcy

Frank Beyer purchased the Philippi mummies

The first VHF non-commercial station in the state, WSWP-TV, started in Grandview

Rock Springs Park shut down and was purchased by the Department of Highways.

The first indication of Jay Rockefeller's intention to run for governor came when he spoke out against strip mining

The Ruffner Hotel closed and was demolished for a parking lot

David Selby earned a doctorate in drama from Southern Illinois University

The Meadow River Lumber Company closed

Jim Comstock republished Hubert Skidmore's Hawks Nest

Ada "Bricktop" Smith recorded her only recording, "So Long, Baby," with Cy Colemen

The South Charleston Mound was placed on the National Register of Historic Places

State Police department headquarters relocated to new facilities

Jerry West led the NBA in scoring

The Folklore Society met at WVU

The Highlands Conservancy worked to make cranberry backcountry a federal wilderness area

Federal Highway Act passed allowing tolls to be retained

Bill Withers moved to Los Angeles

WSAZ changed to WGNT

An addition was added to the Kanawha (now Yeager) Airport

Patrick Gainer retired as professor at WVU

Glenville State College celebrated its centennial

The Greenbrier Military Academy closed

Perry Gresham wrote Campbell and the Colleges

Deliverance was made into a movie, furthering hillbilly stereotypes

William Hoffman wrote A Walk to the River

S. L. Jones' work was discovered at Pipestem State Park by folk art collector Herbert Wade Hemphill Jr.

Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital was completed in Lewis County

Harold Harvey and others began work to promote a state Libertarian Party

Reported 80% of states population had some sort of library service

Frederic J. Glazer became executive secretary of the West Virginia Library Commission

Little Beaver State Park was established

The Louie Glass Company was sold by Margaret Wohinc

Arden Cogar Sr. cut a 10x10 vertical white pine in 14.45 seconds

Louise McNeill published her second collection of poems

M. Blane Michael was appointed special U.S. assistant attorney, Northern District of West Virginia

A $30 state clothing allowance reached about 44,000 welfare children

Agnes Reeves Greer died

The Coty American Fashion Critics' Award recognized Mountain Artisans as helping to spur the American crafts movement

The Mountain Institute was founded as the Woodlands Institute

O'Dell Hall was built at Beckley College (now Mountain State University)

The Mountaineer mascot figure was first used in commerce

Milan Puskar left Mylan Pharmaceuticals

The Mystery Hole became a Fayette County roadside attraction

John Norman went to the Texas Heart Institute

Logging in Otter Creek ceased when an effort began to have the area designated a wilderness area

A state highway marker was erected to commemorate the Pinch Reunion

Aerial tramway began operation at Pipestem Resort State Park

Former Attorney General C. Donald Robertson pleads guilty to charges involving kickbacks on federal housing assistance

Pricketts Fort was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Announcer Jack Fleming first referred to the West Virginia University marching band as the "Pride of West Virginia" during the Peach Bowl broadcast

Legislation authorized the state Department of Education to create Regional Education Service Agencies (RESAs)

The Shenandoah Corporation bought the Charles Town Race Track

Title 9 federal legislation mandated school and college athletic programs for girls and women

Stonecoal Lake was built

Mel Street recorded "Borrowed Angel"

The Wells Hotel building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places

Cecil Underwood was named president of Bethany College

Grand Central Mall, West Virginia's first shopping mall, was built at Vienna

Uncle Homer Walker was featured in the documentary film Morris Family Old-Time Music Festival

Jerry West was named most valuable player in NBA all-star game

Jerry West played in the NBA championship

West Liberty lost its Wheeling and Weirton branch campuses

The West Liberty branch campus in Wheeling became West Virginia Northern Community College

Warren S. Lewis led the major updating of the old seminary grounds at Hilltop Baptist Center

A new hospital opened in Weston

Charles L. Currie S.J. became president of Wheeling College (now Wheeling University)

Robert Kreis left Wheeling Symphony leading way to guest conductors

Bill Withers won a Grammy for "Ain't No Sunshine"

Carol Miller graduated from Columbia College

Logan County presented its first annual Arts and Crafts Fair

Arden Cogar St cut an 8x8 inch horizontal yellow poplar in 7.05 seconds

Jack Maurice won the Pulitzer Prize for the editorials he wrote on the Kanawha County Textbook Controversy

Georgia-Pacific tore down the Meadow River Lumber Company sawmill at Rainelle

M. Blane Michael became a law clerk to Judge Robert Maxwell

John Keel first published The Mothman Prophecies

Additions were added to the Mount St. George mansion (Vancroft)

Otter Creek was designated a wilderness area under the Eastern Wilderness Act by Congress

Squire Parsons became the baritone singer for the Kingston Quartet

Pendleton Nursing Home was formed

Janet Pauley filed a class-action law suit against the Lincoln County school system, alleging children in Lincoln County were not receiving educational opportunities equal to students in richer counties

St. Francis Hospital board of directors developed plans for a new patient tower, parking garage, medical office building, and renovations

The Grafton Daily Sentinel became the Mountain Statesman

John Kelly resigned as state treasurer

The Ohio Valley Unitarian Universalist Congregation was founded

Virginia's Chapel was placed on the National Register of Historic Places

The Watters Smith Memorial State Park expanded due to gift of land by Rachel Smith Hershey

A botanist from the state Department of Agriculture resurveyed the state's weeds

The federal Eastern Wilderness Act passed

West Virginia Northern Community College opened a third campus in New Martinsville

Legislature created the West Virginia State Rail Authority

Harness racing at Wheeling Downs stopped

A dog racing bill was passed by the state legislature

The nursing school at Wheeling Hospital was discontinued

Wheeling Hospital moved to a new facility

Chuck Yeager retired from the Air Force

Dennis Harrah was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams football team

The annual Civilian Conservation Corps reunion began at Camp Woodbine

Morris Harvey College became the University of Charleston

Senator Jay Rockefeller became the chairman of the President's Commission on Coal

James Stam became president of Salem College

Another Soupy Sales Show was offered syndication

Mary Lee Settle won the National Book Award for Fiction for Blood Tie

Frank Thomas wrote It Is This Way with Men Who Fly, a history of West Virginia aviation

The B&O South Branch line was turned over to the West Virginia State Rail Authority

The Nelson family sold the United Carbon Building

Cyrus Vance had a role in Camp David peace and the Panama Canal Treaty

The West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey moved to the Mont Chateau Research Center from WVU

The first class of 33 students graduated from the School of Osteopathic Medicine

The region's first cardiac catheterization laboratory was opened at Wheeling Hospital

The "fetus protection policy" was instituted by the American Cyanamid's Willow Island Plant

Nick Rahall again defeated Ken Hechler in the 4th Congressional District

Jay Rockefeller was reelected to the U.S. Senate

Denise Giardina ran for governor of West Virginia as candidate of the Mountain Party

Robert C. Byrd was elected to his 8th term in the Senate

Shelley Moore Capito was elected to the 2nd District Congressional seat

Gus R. Douglass was elected his 9th 4-year term as Agriculture commissioner

Cecil Underwood failed to be elected a third term

Ken Hechler ran unsuccessfully for a Democratic seat in Congress

The Libertarian candidate, Bob Myers, failed to gain 1% of the votes

A. James Manchin was reelected to the House of Delegates

Darrell McGraw was reelected state attorney general

West Virginia voted for Republican George W. Bush in the election

Robin Davis reelected to 12 year term on Supreme Court

An addition was added to Ruby Memorial Hospital

William R. Haden announce retirement from presidency of West Virginia Wesleyan College

Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel entered a relationship with the Severstal North America

WHIS radio was owned by Triad Broadcasting

Jesco White lived in isolation in Boone County

Don Whitlatch lived in Parkersburg

The Public Service Commission approved three projects

Bill Withers was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame

WJLS was owned by First Media Radio of Massachusetts

George Connard Wolfe lived in Standard

Woody Williams was West Virginia's last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from WWII

Charles Bayless became president of WVU Institute of Technology

Major renovations took place at Yeager Airport