Wonderful West Virginia

The Home Rule Amendment provided that municipalities may adopt their own charters, consistent with state law

Homer Laughlin China Company introduced Fiestaware

The tradition of annual homecomings was initiated at Job's Temple

Three new locks and roller-type dams replaced the old system on the Kanawha River

Tom Kromer got married

Ray Goins was born

Joseph Long became the president of Huntington Chamber of Commerce

Minnie Lowther wrote Blennerhassett Island in Romance and Tragedy

Redress was restricted due to a court decision

State Route 2 was completed as an important north-south highway

Mason School of Music and Fine Arts changed its name to Mason College of Music and Fine Arts

William L. "Billy" Mitchell died

Katherine and Ralh E. Fisher took over the Moorefield Weekly Examiner's management

Mountain lion tracks in vicinity of Kennison Mountain were reported by workers from the National Museum of Natural History

Hedrick Hall was built

The Mountain honorary society selected the first official buckskin-clad Mountaineer from the WVU student body

Standard Oil closed its Parkersburg refinery

William Revercomb served as chairman of the State Judicial Convention

Ruth Bryan Owen married Borge Rohde

The Alley Agate Manufacturing Company began making glass marbles and dishes in St. Marys

The last effort to operate Salt Sulphur Springs resort ended

The Dry Fork railroad line ended

Hubert Skidmore published I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes

State Police field structure grew to four companies

The Highway Safety Bureau and Forensic Chemistry Laboratory were added to the State Police

FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover cited the West Virginia State Police as one of the nation's four leading law enforcement agencies

Boyd Stutler began managing editor of the American Legion magazine

The Sunrise mansion and adjoining mansion were sold by Wm. MacCorkle's heirs

There were 158 houses for 750 people at Tygart Valley Homesteads

The AFL suspended from its membership the unions that affiliated with the CIO

H. C. Ogden merged the News with the Register to form the Wheeling News-Register

"Game breeding ground areas" within the Monongahela National Forest were established

The Winfield locks and dam were constructed on the Kanawha River

Federal investigation occurred for charges of political interference with the WPA

Number of farms in West Virginia began dropping

West Virginia Baptist Historical Society formed

Tony Boyle became president of UMWA District 27

Extensive remodeling and expansion of the Cabell County courthouse was completed

Calhoun County population peaked at 12,455

First building was completed at Camp Washington-Carver

Flip left the country music trio group of "Cap, Andy, and Flip"

Clay County population peaked at 15,206

Rose Cousins learned how to fly

Easton Roller Mill, near Morgantown, was closed

W.E.R. Byrne's Tale of the Elk was published

Population of Gilmer County peaked

Construction began for Grandview Park

G. D. McNeill wrote The Last Forest, whose main character was inspired by Edden Hammons

Electric power production increased by 2,000 percent

Matthew M. Neely won the Democratic nomination for governor while still serving the U.S. Senate

Tom Kromer gave up writing

Logan's population peaked at 5,166

Reported 11,000 miners in Logan County

Martinsburg had four movie houses

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

DuPont put four million pairs of nylon stockings on sale nationally

Molly O'Day's brothers moved to Beckley

Population of Ohio County peaked at 73,115

It was decided to establish a state forest in the Panther Creek area.

Parsons population was 2,077.

Pendleton County population peaked at 10,884.

Ida Reed published her last book, Songs of the Hills

A demonstration site for farm electrification was built at the Jackson's Mill state 4-H camp

The Hardy County Light and Power Association served 142 members

Hubert Skidmore published Hill Doctor

Eleanor Steber won the Metropolitan Opera radio auditions

Taylor County population peaked at 19,919

The Tomlinson Run dam was built by the federal Works Progress Administration

Wm. Trevey left glass plate negatives in his Glen Jean studio

Vienna had five glass factories, a canning company and a silk mill

Webster County population peaked at 18,080

Weirton population was 18,000

The West Virginia Historical Society was formed

The State Fair ceased operation on Wheeling Island

Timber in the Williams River watershed stopped being taken out by log train

Coonskin Ridge was selected for location of the Charleston airport

The Gravens' cabin, located at the Youghiogheny Forest Colony, was designed by Thomas Hood

Justice Chambers was called to active duty.

CCC Camp Kanawha closed at the onset of WWII

Little Kanawha River rose to previous record for flood heights

New Mennonite Congregation started in Barbour County

The Minter Homes Corporation closed its doors

A third Mormon stake was organized, in Huntington

Don Nehlen's Mountaineers beat Oklahoma at Norman

The N&W and Southern Railway System merged and became the Norfolk Southern Corporation

The British Broadcasting Corporation filmed Sylvia O'Brien at her home

Paw Paw was the site of the first branch bank in West Virginia.

David Selby appeared in Falcon Crest

Mary Lee Settle wrote The Killing Ground

The Smoot Theater was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

The South Charleston Recreation Center opened

The Killen v. Logan County case changed policy regarding property tax assessment and appraisal methods

Richard Trumka became president of UMWA

Melvin Lentz became wood chopping champion

Branch banking was legalized in West Virginia

Don West published In a Land of Plenty: A Don West Reader

Thomas W. Cole became president of West Virginia State College (now University)

Thomas Acker S.J. became president of Wheeling College (now Wheeling University)

Bill Withers won a Grammy for "Just The Two Of Us"

The Luther Elkins Petroglyph was claimed to be of Irish origin with ancient markings

Major renovations took place at Kanawha (now Yeager) Airport

Ellie Schaul began serving as gallery director at The Art Store in Charleston

Women prison inmates were moved from Alderson to the Pruntytown Correctional Center

St. Mary's Orthodox Church was added to the National Register of Historic Places

The hydroelectric facility at Hannibal locks and dam was completed

Wheeling College changed its name to Wheeling Jesuit College

The first computerized coating facility went into operation in the Follansbee steel mill

Congress designated part of the Gauley River and Meadow River as the Gauley River National Recreation Area

Willard Hotel in Grafton stood vacant

Bill Withers won a Grammy for "Lean on Me"

WSAZ radio in Huntington returned to local ownership

The Night of the Hunter was adapted for television

Jackson County was reported with the second-highest number of farms in West Virginia

D-Mac Industries bought the nail plant and began operating it as Wheeling-La Belle Nail Company

The Robert C. Byrd Clinic opened at the School of Osteopathic Medicine

David Price was hired as Library Commission executive secretary

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor published Saving Shiloh, the last of the Shiloh trilogy

Richard Curry wrote Lost Highway

The International Documentary Association created the Pare Lorentz Award to honor the best documentary film of the year

Video slot machines began operating at Charles Town Racetrack

The West Virginia Graduate College in South Charleston merged with Marshall University

Robert Drasnin recorded an album of standards titled The Blue Dahlias

Butch Miles rejoined the Count Basie Orchestra

Vicky Bullett began playing for the Charlotte Sting in the Women's National Basketball Association.

West Virginia crime rate ranked 7th lowest

Reported 60% of West Virginia crimes are larceny-theft

West Virginia prisoner population had the 6th highest growth rate

Unionized labor at 14.2% of the work force

Number of farms in West Virginia decreased to 20,800

Circulation of the Hampshire Review was 6,950

Dominion Hope provided natural gas to 439 communities in West Virginia in 32 West Virginia counties

The state Supreme Court heard 2,449 cases and issued 159 opinions and 434 orders

There were about 100 employees in the Division of Labor

The West Virginia Department of Natural Resources listed 17 public fishing lakes and ponds in the state

Video lottery sales represented more than 70% of the lottery's total revenue

The Department of Mines had 110 employees, including 74 inspectors

Circulation of the Dominion Post was 20,454 on weekdays and 24,192 on Sundays

Total circulation of West Virginia newspapers was 781,753

There were 161 commercial sawmills in West Virginia

Michael Smith had 29 number-one songs, five platinum records and 13 gold records

Reported enrollment at Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College was 2,580

The student population at West Liberty was 2,375

There were 2,837 students enrolled at West Virginia Northern Community College

West Virginia State University had 2,482 students enrolled

There were 2,183 lottery machines at Wheeling Downs

There were 1,356 students at Wheeling Jesuit University