Mormons

John Augustine Washington II died, leaving Blakeley to John A. Washington III

Allen Taylor Caperton married Harriet Echols

Claude Crozet ended his service in Virginia

Shrewsbury and Dickinson established the John Q. Dickinson salt furnace in Malden

Charles Faulkner spoke publicly for the gradual elimination of slavery

Wardensville was chartered in Hardy County

Harrisville was chartered

A fire destroyed most of the original interior wood trim of Holly Grove

Capon Iron Works was built by James Sterrett

The James River & Kanawha Turnpike was completed to the Ohio River

A branch of the Bank of Virginia was chartered in the Kanawha Valley

Charles James Faulkner gave his account of the boundary dispute between Maryland and Virginia

Moundsville was established on land by Simeon Purdy

The first courthouse at Ripley was built

The first post office in Ripley opened

Lydia Shepherd married Daniel Cruger after her former husband's death

James "Bad Jim" Vance was born

Jacob Van Meter of Hardy County abandoned the vernacular tradition house with his house in the Greek Revival style

John Augustine Washington died

William Wirt was a presidential candidate of the Anti-Masonic Party

Park was built on the upper end of Blennerhassett Island

Railroad line was built through the area of New Cumberland by Pennsylvania Railroad

William Edwin Chilton ran unsuccessfully for state senate

Aretas Fleming's fortunes were joined with U.S. Sen. Johnson Newlon Camden

Millard F. Giesey opened his own architecture office in Wheeling

John P. Hale produced book, Trans-Allegheny Pioneers

John P. Hale produced book, Trans-Allegheny Pioneers

A "substantial brick jail" was added to the courthouse in Hamlin

A referendum was unsuccessfully proposed to make Ravenswood the new county seat of Jackson County

Harriet Jones opened a private practice in Wheeling

Marlin's Bottom changed its name to Marlinton

John McGraw was appointed collector of internal revenue for West Virginia by President Cleveland

A branch of the B&O reached Morgantown

The first public high school for blacks, Sumner High, was established in Parkersburg.

The Ravenswood, Spencer, & Glenville Railroad was established.

A referendum confirmed Ripley as county seat of Jackson County

Anne Spence and mother moved to Bramwell

Telephone switchboards were installed at Martinsburg

A fire burned much of the Valley Falls area

Clarence W. Watson graduated from Fairmont State Normal School

James O. Watson and Aretas B. Fleming started the Montana mine

Henry Everett Engle copyrighted the music to "The West Virginia Hills"

The drilling of the first gas well in Hundred

Frank Reeves was born in Fairmont

A major drought lowered the Monongahela's water lever significantly

The New Dominion and Morgantown Post began sharing plant facilities

The name of Morgantown's New Dominion newspaper was changed to Dominion-News

Dwight Morrow resigned as ambassador to Mexico

The Bank of Commerce became a national bank

Delf Norona moved to West Virginia

Oak Park in Preston County closed

WVU Experiment Farm was established at Kearneysville

Pinecrest, a TB sanitarium, opened in Beckley

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

William A. MacCorkle left his Charleston mansion, Sunrise, to the Salvation Army

The Seneca Caverns were opened to the public

Shepherd College was designated as a four-year teachers college

The West Virginia Midland Railroad closed

The first improved road was built into the southern half of Smoke Hole

Warner Brothers took over the Smoot Theater in Parkersburg

The Sistersville and Middlebourne streetcar line ceased operation

Hinton's population was 6,654

Summers County population was 20,468

Sweet Springs went into receivership

Thurmond population peaked at 462

A severe drought on the Tygart Valley River nearly shut down navigation on Monongahela

Ward Engineering built the Scott

Walter Fredericks sold WCHS

Welch population was at 5,376

There were 22 basketball teams in the WVAU tournament

The Sutton suspension bridge closed for traffic

Population of Wheeling peaked at 61,659

Wyoming County population was 20,926

Commercial air service to Charleston started

Lenna Yost directed the Women's Division of the National Republican Party

The Tavern at Youghiogheny Forest Colony was built

Justice Chambers enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve.

Hack Wilson hit a National League record 56 home runs and knocked in 191 runs, a Major League Baseball record that still stands today

Governor Rockefeller gave Roy Lee Harmon emeritus status s poet laureate

The Huntington Advertiser ceased publication and merged into the Herald-Dispatch

Boar hunting began in West Virginia

The Allegheny Indian Council and Cultural Center was founded in Phillipi

The court ruled that unequal per pupil funding among West Virginia counties violated the state constitution's mandate for a "thorough and efficient" school system in Pauley v. Kelly

Maryat Lee wrote John Henry

The military program was discontinued at Linsly School

Jack Maurice became a contributing editor and columnist to the Charleston Daily Mail

Jon McBride became an astronaut

Louise McNeill was appointed poet laureate by Governor Rockefeller

Arnold Miller resigned as president of UMWA

State Supreme Court ruled on Morningstar v. Black and Decker, which held that the court had the ability to create common law

State Supreme Court ruled on Bradley v. Appalachian Power Co., where the court abolished the comparative negligence rule

Deadly riots prompted Arthur Recht to place Moundsville Penitentiary under judicial control

The WVU Personal Rapid Transit system was completed

Jayne Anne Phillips published Black Tickets

Gov. Jay Rockefeller persuades legislature to gradually eliminate the 3% sales tax on food

Jim Sprouse was appointed a judge of the 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals by President Jimmy Carter

Building C was added to the state police academy

Sam Church Jr. became president of UMWA

Marshall Buckalew was elected president of the West Virginia Historical Education Foundation

The West Virginia Historical Society ceased publication of West Virginia History

West Virginia Independence Hall was opened as a museum by the Department of Culture and History (now Arts, Culture & History)

The West Virginia Juried Exhibition was first held at the Cultural Center

Mack Samples began serving as festival president of the West Virginia State Folk Festival

The Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places

Meredith Sue Willis wrote A Space Apart

Tom Wolfe published The Right Stuff, celebrating Chuck Yeager

Virginia Maw Brown left the Interstate Commerce Commission

Actor Bob Denver married Dreama Perry of Bluefield

New Mennonite Congregation started in Barbour County

The Minter Homes Corporation closed its doors

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"

Arnout "Sonny" Hyde became editor of the Wonderful West Virginia

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