John Zontini

Homer Holt began working with Governor Kump on the state's finances following the stock market crash

Homer Laughlin China Company suspended operations in East Liverpool, Ohio

Frank Hutchison had recorded about 32 songs for the OKeh Record Company

The stock market crash hurt the profits of Interwoven Mills

Weirton Steel Corporation merged with Michigan Steel of Detroit and M.A. Hanna Steel of Cleveland to form National Steel Corporation

The McWhorter cabin was moved to Jackson's Mill

Stock market crash forced the James Produce Company into bankruptcy

John L. Dickinson moved Kanawha Valley Bank into new building at the former site of the capitol building

Tom Kromer began traveling the country by freight train

Cousin Abe Lilly organized the Lilly Reunion Association

The Logan County coal industry began to decline

The Citizen's National Bank was absorbed by the Charleston National Bank

I. T. Mann's business empire collapsed at the onset of the Depression

Walter Martens completed the work for Homeland, a skillfully designed Colonial-revival residence in Lewisburg

Bernard McDonough specialized in building gas stations in the greater Parkersburg area

The Department of Mines had 25 inspectors and three inspectors at large

Bath Square became Berkeley Springs State Park

The Owens Bottle Company merged with Illinois Glass Company to become Owens-Illinois Glass Company

Maceo Pinkard enlisted blues diva Bessie Smith for Pansy

Ruth Rohde represented Florida's Fourth District

St. Joseph's administrators decided to build a new hospital

The Raine Lumber Company ceased logging in Seneca State Forest

Ada "Bricktop" Smith married Peter Duconge

Ernest Weir formed the National Steel corporation with Weirton Steel as its flagship

Grace Martin Taylor visited Blanche Lazzell in Provincetown, Massachusetts

Commercial mining in Webster County produced approximately 100,000 tons of coal

The railroad at Webster Springs was discontinued

The Archives and History library, state archives and museum moved to the new state capitol

WSAZ was purchased by the Huntington Publishing Company

The property of the Youghiogheny Forest Colony was purchased by Frank Reeves

A chapel that also functioned as the superintendent’s office was built at Woodlawn

T. G. Nutter filed a lawsuit regarding a restrictive covenant that prohibited African-Americans from purchasing a lot in a Huntington subdivision.

The school changed its name to Fairmont State Teachers College, now Fairmont State University

Fairmont newspaper's Sunday edition became the Times West Virginian

Susanne Fisher sang small parts at Berlin State Opera

Alberta Pierson Hannum wrote her first novel, Thursday April

Hazel Atlas corporate headquarters located in Wheeling

The Department of Public Assistance replaced the Board of Children's Guardians

Harold Houston aided C. Frank Keeny with the organization of the West Virginia Mine Workers Union and the West Virginia Labor Party

The West Virginia immigration commissioner's position was discontinued

Charlie Cline was born

M. Marsh and Son rented more than 40 cigar-making machines

The Concrete Steel Bridge Company was forced into bankruptcy and liquidated

West Virginia apple production peaked at 12 million bushels

County banks failed

WHIS Bluefield broadcast the murder trial of Minnie Stull.

Leonard Riggleman was elected president of Morris Harvey College, now University of Charleston

The Valley River Railroad closed

Ada "Bricktop" Smith opened a larger Bricktop's club

Boyd Stutler co-wrote a textbook on West Virginia History

Festus Summers left Morris Harvey College, now University of Charleston

Welch Hospital No. One became Welch Emergency Hospital

Wiley Post and Harold Gatty stopped at Wertz Field

West Virginia Yesterday and Today was copyrighted by Phil Conley

Roy McCuskey became president of West Virginia Wesleyan College

George Smith began serving as WWVA program director

A new bank in Winfield failed

New River State School became New River State College, now WVU Institute of Technology

WWVA received network affiliation

Vernon Johnson became Collector of Internal Revenue for West Virginia

Toni Stone's family moved to Minnesota

Wild boars were released by the Department of Natural Resources as a game species for reclaimed surface mines

M. Blane Michael served as assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York

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

Morgantown Glassware Guild closed

John Norman was named the Charleston Sunday Gazette-Mail West Virginian of the Year

Phase I of the WVU Personal Rapid Transit project was completed

William Page Pitt retired

Nick Rahall graduated from Duke University

Cecil Roberts began working at Carbon Fuel's No. 31 mine in Winifrede

C. Donald Robertson was indicted on federal charges of taking kickbacks on FHA low-income housing assistance

An extended care facility was added to St. Francis Hospital

Alex Schoenbaum and Ray Danner merged their companies to form Shoney's Big Boy Enterprises

The first permanent building of Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College was dedicated in Williamson

Leon Sullivan was appointed to the board of directors of General Motors

Both Honey in the Rock and Hatfields and McCoy were performed by Theatre West Virginia

The woolen mill in Parsons closed

ACTION became the federal agency that oversaw VISTA and the Peace Corps

Charleston returned to the International League in baseball

An editorial advisory board for the West Virginia History was created

The Coliseum basketball arena was completed at WVU

Robert Kreis instituted Wheeling Symphony's first concert tours

Bill Withers released his first album, Just As I am

WVU at Parkersburg separated from WVU to the state's first community college

Chuck Yeager was assigned as U.S. defense representative to Pakistan

Barry Vance began spending summers painting in the Shenandoah Valley

Clyde Ware's second novel, The Eden Tree, was published

Holt, Rinehart, and Winston published a paperback edition of the stories of Beece D'J Pancake

Henry Payne graduated from Princeton University

Pence Springs was studied by scholars from the University of Kentucky

Jayne Anne Phillips published her first of three novels, Machine Dreams

William Pierce established his headquarters in a compound near Hillsboro

Cynthia Rylant wrote Waiting to Waltz

Henry Schmulbach's Wheeling house was added to the National Register of Historic Places

The Shott family endowed the Hugh I. Shott Jr. Foundation

Union Carbide had a tragic industrial accident at its Bhopal, India facility

E. M. Statler was inducted into the Wheeling Hall of Fame

Charleston became the first city in U.S. to be able to chose long-distance carriers other than AT&T

Railroads ceased operation in Tucker County

The golf course at Twin Falls State Park was expanded to 18-hole

AT&T broke up

C. W. Ferguson III stopped serving as circuit judge

A renovation on Welch Community Hospital was completed

West Virginia History began annual publication

The School of Osteopathic Medicine started a postdoctoral training program

Thomas Conlin became conductor of the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra

WVU Hospitals became a separate nonprofit corporation, affiliated with West Virginia University

Meredith Sue Willis wrote Personal Fiction Writing

The American Cyanamid decided to settle the Willow Island sterilization suit out of court

Warren McGraw stopped serving as state senate president

Helen Holt retired

Coach John McKay retired