Little Kanawha River

Mad Anne Bailey married Richard Trotter

First mention of Blennerhassett Island in journal of Indian trader George Croghan

St. Peter's Lutheran Church was established at Shepherdstown

John "Hunter John" Myers was born

Maj. John Hansford was born in Orange County

The British Stamp Act was passed

Francis Asbury is part of the Methodist movement in England

Botetourt County formed from southern half of Augusta

John Corbly settled in the Morgantown area

John Sutton formed the Simpson Creek Baptist Church in Harrison County

Adam Stephen purchased 255 acres of land in present Berkeley County and laid out Martinsburg

Lord Dunmore was appointed governor of New York

William Stewart came from Ireland to the Forks of Cheat in present Monongalia County

Col. George Washington and Dr. James Craik claimed land in the Ohio watershed on their canoe trip

Killbuck died at the Delaware village in present Coshocton, Ohio

While hunting, Kyashuta encounters George Washington on his canoe trip

Chief Logan moved his family to the Ohio Valley

George Washington surveyed Ohio River bottomlands from Point Pleasant to Letart

Samuel McColloch emigrated from the South Branch of the Potomac to Wheeling

A survey party led by George Washington visited the present Point Pleasant area in Mason County

George Washington surveyed the present Ravenswood area in Jackson County and later acquired 2,448 acres there

Jesse Hughes became the first European to enter Roane County

John Stuart built the first mill in Greenbrier County

Joseph Tomlinson and brother Samuel Tomlinson settled in the Ohio Valley frontier

The Treaty of Lochaber secured for Britain any lands in the Western Virginia region not covered by the Treaty of Hard Labor

George Washington wrote the first written accounts of the forests of present West Virginia

A permanent settlement was made in the Buckhannon Valley

A log house was built by James Byrnside in Union

Samuel Washington built his house Harewood in present Jefferson County

Joseph Tomlinson discovered the Grave Creek Mound

Murder of Adam Stroud's family

Raid on Bull's village

Earliest white settlement made by Dunkards near Kingwood

William Crawford surveyed and registered land in present West Virginia for George Washington

Lord Dunmore was named governor of Virginia

Isaac Cox built a log house in the Follansbee area

The Tygart Valley was resettled

Horatio Gates returned to America

The John Wetzel family settled along Wheeling Creek in the Northern Panhandle

Wilson-Woodrow-Mytinger House was built in Romney

Nutter's Fort was built on Elk Creek in Harrison County

Jesse Hughes discovered a major tributary to the Little Kanawha River

Wellsburg was settled

Settlers had claimed most of the prime valley lands in Randolph County.

The first white explored the Wirt County area

Beckley was established as a town

Grave Creek Tablet found at Grave Creek Mound in Moundsville

Claymont burned to the brick walls

James Warren and T. W. Morzani patented the Warren double-intersection truss

Northwestern Virginia Turnpike was completed to Parkersburg

Palatine was surveyed

Construction began on the Giles, Fayette & Kanawha Turnpike

Robert E. Lee became captain

The Monongahela Navigation Company of Pennsylvania built a series of locks and dams from Pittsburgh to the West Virginia border

The General Assembly granted Morgantown its first charter

Martinsville was incorporated

The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad arrived in Paw Paw

Samuel Price moved to Lewisburg

The Princeton post office opened

Alexander Reynolds graduated from West Point

The Shannondale Springs resort was incorporated

The James River & Kanawha Turnpike was extended to Parkersburg

The first class of West Liberty State College met in the home of Nathan Shotwell

Dr. John J. Moorman began doctoring the crowds at White Sulphur Springs

"Ruffner Pamphlet" published in Kanawha County

Gordon Battelle was ordained a Methodist minister

John Carlile was elected to the Virginia Senate

William Edwards was admitted to the New York bar

William Edwards published A Voyage on the River Amazon

John Floyd was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates

The Presbyterian Church was organized in Greenville

The Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike was completed

Cummins Jackson left Jackson's Mill to search for gold in CA

Joseph Johnson was elected again to the House of Delegates

Alexander Martin graduated from Allegheny College, Pennsylvania

Mining began in West Columbia, Mason County

Large flood occurred on the Ohio River

The Staunton to Parkersburg Turnpike was completed

Pocahontas County was formed

A group of Dutch immigrants arrived in Pocahontas County

Samuel Price was again elected to the Virginia legislature as a Whig from Greenbrier Count.

Henry Ruffner published the Address to the People of West Virginia anti-slavery pamphlet

The first Stone & Thomas Department Store opened in Wheeling

The first permanent United Brethren church was built in Sand Hill

The Buckhannon Male and Female Academy was established

A grist mill was built at Valley Falls by Bradshaw and William Whitescarver

Charles Ellet Jr. secured contracts for the Wheeling and Niagara Falls suspension bridges

Two Dutch families settled near the headwaters of the Williams River

Two turnpikes were completed in Wood County

Only 490,000 tons of coal were produced in West Virginia

Dr. James Dye was born in Chloe

Delta Tau Delta revived its Bethany Chapter

Marmaduke Dent enrolled in classes at WVU

Sisters established a benevolent school for poor children in Parkersburg

Joseph Diss Debar involved West Virginia in the Paris Exposition

Easton Roller Mill began operation

Stephen Elkins served as New Mexico's attorney general

Palatine was incorporated

Work on Grafton National Cemetery began

Grantsville was named for Ulysses S. Grant

Hamlin was chosen as county seat of Lincoln County

Thomas Harris served in the House of Delegates

The Clarksburg Independent School District was established

Mother Jones's husband, George, and their four children died in the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis

George Latham became U.S. Consul to Australia

Joseph Lightburn became a Baptist preacher

The initial railroad map of West Virginia was published by the B&O Railroad

Henry Hyannis purchased the old Nadenbousch distillery in Martinsburg

John McCausland returned to Mason County after fleeing the country at the end of the Civil War

Dr. James Edmund Reeves and 32 colleagues established the West Virginia State Medical Association, orginally the Medical Society of West Virginia

The West Virginia Penitentiary opened

A monument commemorating the Confederate dead was erected at Romney Indian Mound Cemetery

Trustees of West Liberty sold the school to the state

I. C. White became one of the first 6 students to enter the Agricultural College of West Virginia (WVU)

William Wilson graduated from Columbian College

West Virginia legislature authorized the establishment of normal schools to train teachers

Uncle Dyke Garrett married Sallie "Aunt Sallie" Smith

Alexander Boteler ran unsuccessfully for Congress

Col. George Imboden bought the house known as Contentment in Ansted

Rebecca Davis wrote John Andross

William Dawson was elected chairman of the Preston County Republican committee

Alexander Donaghho started a pottery operation

Congress ordered a survey of the Guyandotte River

The first courthouse was replaced in Ritchie County

William Harvey began practicing law in Huntington

Hinton was laid out and lots sold

Investors erected a coke-fueled blast furnace along the C&O railway

William C. Kelly began making axes in Kentucky

John Birch became principal of Linsly School

The U.S. Congress authorized a survey of the Big Sandy and Tug and Levisa forks to determine the feasibility of building locks and dams

Henry Clay Ragland arrived in Logan

The town of Hurricane was established as Hurricane station after the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad was completed.

Henry Ragland moved to Logan.

Shepherd University had 160 students

A group of shotgun cottages were built for workers of the Central Glass Company and the Wheeling & Elm Grove Railroad

Alexander Wade implemented the a plan for the rural elementary education

James O. Watson's coal mine partnership with Francis H. Pierpont was dissolved

The West Virginia Baptist Association was formed

The Education Association's first recorded constitution and bylaws were drafted and adopted

The Wheeling Diocese claimed 46 churches 7 chapels, 9 schools seminary, hospital 31 priests and 109 women religious

Four locks and dams were completed by the Little Kanawha Navigation Company

The first public high school diplomas issued in the state were awarded to Parkersburg High School graduates

City of Huntington purchased the property from the Central Land Company, owned by Collis P. Huntington

State Board of Agriculture set up by legislature

Legislature created a state banking department

There were 49 state banks and 22 national banks in West Virginia

Collection of Ambrose Bierce's Civil War stories, Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (also known as In the Midst of Life) was published

Fannie Cobb Carter earned teaching degree from Storer College in Harpers Ferry

WVU Mountaineers played first football game against University of Pittsburgh

First bridge built across the Kanawha River, in Charleston

Clarksburg investors acquired the Telegram

First principal of present Concord University Capt. James Harvey French died

James Dye graduated from Starling Medical College in Cincinnati

William Dawson became chairman of Republican state committee

Alexander L. Wade's education graduating system was made compulsory statewide

Stephen Elkins was appointed secretary of war by President Harrison

George Peterkin built the Church of the Good Shepherd in Parkersburg

Town of Ansted was incorporated, named for David T. Ansted

The Central City brewery was built by American Brewing Company

Fostoria Glass Company relocated to Moundsville

Construction on Graceland began in Elkins

John P. Hale wrote History of the Great Kanawha Valley

Hamilton Hatter became a member of the college board of trustees

George Imboden was elected the first mayor of Ansted

The "Australian" or standardized printed ballot was adopted in West Virginia

Paris Brumfield was murdered by his son Charley in the wake of the Lincoln County Feud

The federal government built a fifth lock and dam near burning springs

The Moundsville Daily Echo was established as a weekly newspaper

C. F. Millspaugh arrived at WVU

The Mount Carbon Prehistoric Site was investigated by Col. P. W. Norris for the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of American Ethnology

John T. McGraw purchased the land at Marlinton.

Pruntytown was originally established as the Industrial School for Boys

Pruntytown was originally established as the Industrial School for Boys.

Postmaster General John Wanamaker conducted a limited experiment with rural free delivery in the Eastern Panhandle

Labor organization lobbied for the law regulating scrip

The Seneca Glass Company opened in Fostoria, Ohio

James David Shaw became editor of the Moundsville Daily Echo

Telephone switchboards were installed at Clarksburg

The Martinsburg Mining, Manufacturing and Improvement Company developed a subdivision for workers

McDowell County seat located to Welch

The Norfolk & Western Railway Company extended its line into McDowell County

The Historical Society asked the West Virginia legislature for funding

Harriet Lyon became the first woman to receive a degree from WVU

The Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway was completed to Martin's Ferry Ohio

Emanuel Wilson authored a new election law

Old Main Hall at Alderson-Broaddus College (now University) was destroyed by fire

The board changed the name to Appalachian Bible College

Appalachian Regional Hospitals closing of Man hospital

Congress deregulated airline industry and government subsidies were eliminated

Beech Fork Lake was opened to the public

General Cigar and Tobacco Company became a division of Culbro

William H. Brothers became president of Bluefield State College (now University)

The Johnson Mountain Boys bluegrass band was founded

Gale Catlett became head coach at WVU