Charles Ambler received an A.B. in social sciences
J. G. Bradley came to West Virginia
Sturdevant and Johnson constructed new buildings
Buffalo Creek & Gauley Railroad was built
Name changed from Thomas Hospital to Charleston General Hospital
Barber Sanatorium constructed by Dr. Timothy L. Barber Sr.
Railroad from Greenbrier Valley to Bartow completed
John Cornwell was Democratic nominee for governor
Davis & Elkins College founded by Southern Presbyterians
Rebecca Davis wrote autobiography Bits of Gossip
William M. O. Dawson ceased to be chairman of West Virginia Republicans
John Dickinson became the first director of the Kanawha Coal Operators Association
Chestnut blight introduced to America
Fairmont West Virginian became daily
Millard Giesey and Frederic Faris designed the West Virginia Building at the St. Louis World's Fair
Pennsylvania investors opened a second glass sand plant on the east side of Warm Springs Ridge
The Glenville Democrat was first published
Capt. Greene acquired the Cincinnati, Portsmouth, Big Sandy & Pomeroy Packet Co.
Railroads reached the Guyandotte River area
The National Carbon Company began operating a graphite plant in Anmore
The Huntington Dispatch began
Frankie Masters was born in Pleasants County
Cousin Abe Lilly was elected prosecuting attorney of Raleigh County
The C&O Railroad was constructed from Huntington to city of Logan
The Logan County coal industry began its boom
Gannett's gazetteer was the first to be devoted exclusively to West Virginia place names and locations
Wheeling Metal and Manufacturing Company opened in Glen Dale
Sandy Mason moved back to Charleston to start the Mason School of Music and Fine Arts
John McGraw became chairman of state Democratic party
Thomas Gaylord McKell died
John McWhorter became a judge of West Virginia's 12th judicial circuit
James Miller was elected as a judge of the Circuit Court of the Ninth West Virginia Circuit
A fifteenth dam was built on the Monongahela
The daily edition Morgantown Evening Post stopped publication
The Morgantown Chronicle was founded by Hu Maxwell
The Mount St. George mansion was completed
John Nugent was elected president of UMWA District 17
Herschel Ogden purchased the Wheeling Intelligencer
Ohio Valley Trades and Labor Assembly spearheaded a drive that defeated a proposal to built a Carnegie Library in Wheeling
Pence Springs water was presented the highest award in its class.
Benjamin Rosenbloom was admitted to the West Virginia bar
Henry Schmulbach built the Schmulbach Building in Wheeling
Official addressed the question of a flag for the West Virginia building at the St. Louis World's Fair
John Swint was ordained to the priesthood
William P. Tams went to work for Samuel Dixon in the New River coalfield
Henry Gassaway Davis built the Coal & Coke Railway
Sam Vinson died
John T. McGraw expanded the Webster Springs Hotel
A president who was not the state superintendent of school was elected to head of the West Virginia Education Association
Charles Frederick Tucker Brooke was elected to be in the first group of Rhodes Scholars
Matthew Whittico renamed his paper the McDowell Times
J. G. Bradley came to Clay County
Hurry-up Yost's University of Michigan team defeated WVU 130-0
Romeo Freer returned to Ritchie County and was appointed Harrisville postmaster
Paul Wissmach reorganized his company as Ohio Valley Glass Company
