National Historic Landmarks

Charles Ambler received a doctorate in social sciences

Virginian Railway began building a new line

Louis Bennett Sr. unsuccessfully ran for governor

Legislature authorized the purchase of land to serve as training base

Fannie Cobb Carter organized teacher-training department at West Virginia Colored Institute (now West Virginia State University)

William Conley was appointed to unexpired term as West Virginia attorney general

Forest fires destroyed 1.7 million acres

Congress prepared way for establishment of National Forest Reserve in Monongahela

Legislature replaced the Board of Examiners with state Board of Education

4-H movement in West Virginia began in Monroe County

The German Dunkards changed their name to the Church of the Brethren

William Glasscock resigned as internal revenue collector to run for governor

Henry Hatfield became a member of the West Virginia Senate

Herman Kump elected prosecuting attorney in Randolph County

Clark W. May died

William Alexander MacCorkle wrote Some Southern Questions

I. T. Mann served as a delegate to the Republican national convention

Johnson Camden McKinley became a millionaire coal operator

The Mercer Healing Springs Corporation was bought out by Rufus G. Meador

James Miller published History of Summers County

Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller divorced her husband and moved to Boston after discovering his infidelities

West Virginia legislature rejected every mine safety law proposed

President Teddy Roosevelt advocated the formation of a federal agency to investigate mine accidents, teach accident prevention and conduct mine safety research

Margaret Montague published In Calvert's Valley

The Morgantown Weekly Post and the Morgantown Chronicle merged

The Church of the Nazarene was established as a national body

Matthew M. Neely was elected mayor of Fairmont

There were 2,592 normal school-students

Oak Park opened

Poles became the third-largest immigrant group working in the West Virginia coal mines

Responding to a worldwide epidemic, the Board of Health recommended that West Virginia make provision for the care and treatment of tuberculosis

Ritter Park was originally purchased by the city of Huntington

The last log drive of the St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company

The West Virginia Socialist Party spread to Huntington

E. M. Statler opened the Buffalo Statler

The Wellsburg, Bethany & Washington interurban railway was built

William P. Tams launched the Gulf Smokeless Coal Company in the new Winding Gulf coalfield

An act of Congress provided for a battlefield monument at Point Pleasant

Sistersville General Hospital was founded

A. Fremont Gold and W. Alfred Gold built twin houses in Mason

Vitrolite was manufactured by the Meyercord-Carter Company in Vienna

Fire destroyed the building of the Baptist State Convention

I.C. White wrote an extensive report on the coal resources of Brazil

I.C. White was invited by the Teddy Roosevelt administration to speak at the first White House Conference on conservation

Lenna Yost became the state president of WCTU

Credit unions began appearing in the United States

Pare Lorentz was contracted by the U.S. Resettlement Administration to create a motion picture about the New Deal

James Allen took over as president of Marshall College (now University)

Walter Martens designed the Cavalier and Belvedere Apartments in Charleston

Walter L. "Bill" Hart became editor of the Dominion-News

The Social Security law was passed

Nylon was invented in DuPont laboratory in Delaware

The Wheeling Daily News merged with Wheeling Register to form the Wheeling News-Register

Potomac State College was placed under the management of the Board of Governors of West Virginia University

The law was amended to give the PSC more control over utility expansion, construction, and self-dealing

The Elkins-Randolph County Airport was completed

Nat Reese's family moved to Princeton

The showboat Omar was originally launched by the Ohio River Company of Cincinnati

Benjamin Rosenbloom began serving as Wheeling's vice mayor

The property of the Charleston Interurban Railroad was bought by Charleston Transit Company

The Buckhannon tannery burned down

The U.S. Rivers and Harbors Act was passed

Construction on the Tygart Dam began

The First National Bank of Parkersburg was one of the largest national bank in West Virginia

Arthur B. Waugh won the Pulitzer Prize in journalism

Vienna was incorporated as a city

Libbey-Owens-Ford bought the Vitrolite Company

Camp Will Rogers was opened by the Civilian Conservation Corps

Pennsylvania Central Airlines began service at Wertz Airport

Paul N. Elbin became president of West Liberty State College

Innis C. Davis became state historian and archivist

Supporters of industrial unionism organized the Committee for Industrial Organization

WHIS increased to 500 watts

WMMN increased to 1,000 watts and became an important outlet for country and western music performers

Portuguese neurologist Egas Moniz pioneered the leucotomy, a radical form of brain surgery

Alexander Wade House was designated a National Historic Landmark

The Wheeling Suspension Bridge was designated a National Historic Landmark

Davis & Elkins Historic District was designated a National Historic Landmark

West Virginia Independence Hall was designated a National Historic Landmark.

The Reber Radio Telescope was designated a National Historic Landmark

The Reber Radio Telescope at Green Bank was designated a National Historic Landmark

Weston State Hospital became a National Historic Landmark

Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler met for the first time since their World War II encounter

The Greenbrier was designated a National Historic Landmark

Old Main at Bethany College was designated a National Historic Landmark

Clover Archeological Site was designated a National Historic Landmark

Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church became a National Historic Landmark.

Arden Cogar Jr. cut a 13-inch vertical white pine log in 15.01 seconds

Joe Manchin first decided to run for governorship

A floodwall was built at Matewan to protect the town from the Tug River

Governor Gaston Caperton's family bought Seely Pine Furniture

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor was awarded the West Virginia Children's book Award for Boys Start the War

Bhaktipada (Keith Gordon Ham) was imprisoned

Bishop T. D. Jakes relocated to Texas to head a church and national media ministry

The Sisters of Saint Joseph entered into a joint venture with Columbia HCA

Marshall University defeated Montana for the NCAA 1-AA football championship

Jim Sprouse served as state chairman of Charlotte Pritt's campaign

The Sweet Springs resort was sold to private hands

Tamarack opened

Construction on an expansion on the Tolsia Highway began

The Matewan Historic District was designated a National Historic Landmark

The B&O Railroad shops at Martinsburg were designated a National Historic Landmark

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Shops at Martinsburg were designated a National Historic Landmark