Charles Ambler received an M.A. in social sciences
Waitman Barbe wrote The Study of Poetry
Company constructed a three-story wooden hotel near the spring at Barger Springs
Walter Barnes graduated from WVU
Jesse Bloch married Jessie Thornton Moffat
C&O absorbed the Hocking Valley Railroad
William Edwin Chilton and others bought Charleston's electric streetcar system
Oliver Chitwood received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins
Coal & Coke Railway reached Clay
Alston Dayton was appointed judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia
Legislature created a four-member Board of Examiners to issue teaching certificates
Charles Town Academy ceased
Fenton Art Glass Company opened in Martins Ferry, Ohio
Thaddeus Fowler returned to West Virginia
The Frederick Hotel was built in downtown Huntington
William Glasscock was appointed internal revenue collector for the District of West Virginia by President Theodore Roosevelt
The C&O Greenbrier Division extension to Winterburn was completed
The original Grimes Golden apple tree blew down
Ella Holroyd entered the Cincinnati Conservatory
Earnest T. Weir purchased the Jackson Iron & Tin Company tin mill at Clarksburg
John Jay Jackson Jr. retired as judge
Tommy Benford was born in Charleston
Blanche Lazzell received an art degree from WVU
St. George Orthodox Church of Charleston was established
Howard B. Lee graduated from Marshall College (now University)
Sarah Ann Legg went on trial for murder of Jay Legg
Carnegie library was established in Parkersburg
Oil and gas business began in Griffithsville
The entire Little Kanawha River system was acquired by the federal government
The electric streetcar service arrived in Mannington
Martin Christensen invented the marble-making machine
Frank McEnteer graduated from Harvard Engineering School
Jim Sellers and J.W Grimm bought a brick-making machine
The West Virginia Department of Mines was created
Matewan opened its first hospital
Margaret Montague published The Poet, Miss Kate, and I
The B&O Beaux Arts-style station in Wheeling was built
John Nugent was elected president of the state Federation of Labor
Pardee & Curtin Lumber Company expanded operations by buying a sawmill on Cherry River at Coal Siding.
The Western Maryland Railroad arrived in Paw Paw
A commercial department was added to Potomac State College
The Virginian Railroad developed a shop and yards in Princeton.
Teddy Roosevelt walked Eleanor Roosevelt down the aisle to marry FDR
St. Joseph's Hospital opened a nursing school
The Pope Dock Company built Sunny South
The Morgan Museum began in Putnam County by Sidney Morgan
The Sunrise mansion was built by William MacCorkle
Ernest T. Weir founded Phillips Sheet & Tin Plate in Clarksburg
The West Virginia Archives and History was created by legislature
The West Virginia Central & Pittsburg(h) became part of the Western Maryland Railway Company
The Historical Society ceased publication of The West Virginia Historical Magazine Quarterly
The Historical Society collections were moved to the Capitol Annex
West Virginia Wesleyan College awarded its first five degrees
Albert White left office as governor
The Elk River Coal & Lumber Company organized
Timber in the Williams River watershed began being taken out by log train
Williamson was incorporated
A bridge at Williamstown was built
Laura Jackson Arnold was named "Mother of the Regiment" by the 5th West Virginia Cavalry
