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1772
Wellsburg was settled Other events that happened on or around 1772 Joseph Tomlinson discovered the Grave Creek Mound The massacre of Captain Bull's band of Delaware Indians by frontiersmen at Bulltown Historic Area 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 Settlers had claimed most of the prime valley lands in Randolph County. The first white explored the Wirt County area
1779
Pennsylvania and Virginia agreed that their boundary would be the Mason-Dixon line Other events that happened on or around 1779 Virginia seized property belonging to British subjects in the state excluding Fairfax General Assembly passed a land law that recognized the rights of original settlers Berkeley County Courthouse in Martinsburg was completed The Ohio County courthouse was completed in West Liberty
Sep 10, 1782
Second siege of Fort Henry by Wyandot and Delaware Indians, British and Loyalists; Betty Zane fetches gunpowder
1784
Virginia ceded its claim to the Northwest Territory to the U.S. Other events that happened on or around 1784 Francis Asbury named the first superintendent of American Methodists George Washington visited the Cheat River People settled in Monongalia County and Pennsylvania after the Revolutionary War Clarksburg became the county seat of the new Harrison County Fort Harmar was established in Marietta, Ohio, as a frontier fort George Washington exploratory trip into the Ohio Valley encouraged the James River Company The Rehoboth Methodist Church was established in Monroe County William Haymond surveyed streets and lots in Morgantown George Washington visited Zackquill Morgan to discuss possible locations of roads Yohogania County was dissolved when the Virginia-Pennsylvania border dispute was settled George Washington and others formed the Potowmack Company Senecas began allying themselves with the Shawnee The Mason-Dixon line survey was completed Governor Benjamin Harrison granted land to Washington in present Dunbar and St. Albans, and also in present Marshall County
1794
The Peter Tarr Furnace was established in present Hancock County, the first iron furnace west of the mountains Other events that happened on or around 1794 Wedding of Dolley Payne Todd and James Madison at Harewood Jesse Bennet performed the first cesarean section in America Harman Blennerhassett married his niece Margaret Agnew Wayne and army advanced into the Maumee Valley of Ohio Battle of Fallen Timbers which defeated Ohio Valley Indians led to disuse of forts Congress authorized the building of two armories for the manufacture of small arms President George Washington received congressional approval to establish armories and arsenals throughout the nation Blaker's Mill water-powered gristmill was constructed in Alderson Kyashuta died in southwestern Pennsylvania The Whiskey Rebellion occurred The General Assembly of Virginia chartered the town of Point Pleasant Joseph Ruffner purchased land from John Dickinson at Charleston Dr. Joseph Spencer permanently settled Vienna The Whiskey Rebellion ended
1814
The first glass plant in West Virginia was built in Wellsburg Other events that happened on or around 1814 Barboursville was designated the county seat of Cabell County Indian trail extended to Barboursville Dr. Eli Herman Moore was born in Brooke County Joel Shrewsbury and William Dickinson Sr. moved their salt business to the Kanawha Salines (Malden) Linsly Institute in Wheeling was founded The second complete publication of account from Lewis & Clark expedition published since Patrick Gass's in 1807 Felix Grundy resigned from Congress Joseph Johnson marched his company north to Norfolk The Charlestown Gazette was established in Wellsburg The Summers family moved to Walnut Grove Tyler County was created
Jun 20, 1863
Wheeling first became the state capital Other events that happened on or around June 20, 1863 Arthur Boreman's inaugural address in Wheeling First West Virginia capitol in Linsly Institute building Fort Logan changed name to Fort Boreman Granville Davisson Hall was elected the first clerk of the House of Delegates West Virginia entered the Union as the 35th state The First West Virginia legislature met in Wheeling Legislature made plans to establish a federal land grant college under terms of Morrill Act in Monongalia County West Virginia became a state
1870
The capital was moved from Wheeling to Charleston Other events that happened on or around 1870 Celebration staged in Parkersburg after ratification of the 15th Amendment Railroad magnate Collis P. Huntington located the western terminus of Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad in present Huntington Cheat River declared a public highway Claymont Court mansion (Jefferson County) was advertised for sale by Bushrod Corbin Washington's grandson Henry Gassaway Davis helped lead the Democrats in for their control over the state Marmaduke Dent received B.A from WVU Joseph Diss Debar produced The West Virginia Hand-Book and Immigrant's Guide Alexander Donaghho came to Parkersburg Fayetteville population jumped to 6,647 Thaddeus Mortimer Fowler began his map-making trips Camp Straton United Confederate Veterans began controlling Logan County polices German immigration increased during the Franco-Prussian War John Hale started the first steam ferry at Charleston John Hale was a leader in having the state capital moved to Charleston Literary Hall was built in Romney The West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind was established in Romney John Henry began working as a steel driver during the construction of the Big Bend (Great Bend) Tunnel The state was reported to have 2,270 schools Investment in manufacturing began increasing Immigrants from Switzerland settled in the area of Holly River George Imboden moved to Fayette County Jacob Jackson became Wood County's prosecuting attorney A proposed waterway between Tidewater Virginia and Rocky Mountains was proposed to Congress by Waitman T. Willey Henry Clay Dickinson became president of Kanawha Valley Bank James Kay arrived in Charleston John Kenna was admitted to the bar Crosscut saws replaced the ax as the preferred tool for felling trees Marshall College added a new brick addition at the west end of the existing building John Nuttall bought coal lands on New River The Flick Amendment was introduced Petersburg became the county seat of Grant County Henry Ragland moved to Wayne County. Alexander Reynolds began serving in Egypt Literary Hall was built by the Literary Society in Romney Cecil Clay of Philadelphia began timber purchases in Greenbrier Valley William Stevenson was defeated for second term as governor There were 178 tanneries in West Virginia The Daily Sentinel became the Taylor County newspaper The town of Volcano was founded Wayne County population was at 7,852 WesBanco was founded as German Bank Legislature voted for additional buildings at Weston State Hospital The Potomac River flooded The Shenandoah River flooded
1875
The capital was moved from Charleston to Wheeling Other events that happened on or around 1875 The name of the Winchester Female Institute was changed to Broaddus Female College (now part of Alderson Broaddus University) Johnson Camden and his partners quietly sold to Rockefeller's Standard Oil Marmaduke Dent was admitted to the bar Stephen Elkins married Hallie Davis Elkins Aretas Fleming left the House of Delegates Remains from the Foreman party were transferred to Mount Roase Cemetery Oil was first struck in Glenville The Grange had 20,000 lodges and 800,000 members in the country The Lewisburg Academy reopened after closing during the Civil War Courthouse in Hamlin was constructed The Pennsboro & Harrisville Railroad was built The House of Delegates impeached Treasurer John Burdett The American Ancient Order of Hibernians started a division in Wheeling Harriet Jones graduated from the Women's Medical College of Baltimore Other mills were destroyed by floods on the Jug of the Middle Island Creek James Kay married Julia Ballintyne Wheeling became known as the Nail City because of La Belle Ironworks The legislature was required to met biennially President Alexander Martin left WVU A bill providing for better ventilation in the mines had been first introduced in legislature The Morrow family moved to Pittsburgh Johnson Newlon Camden joined John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Trust The Sentinel was founded as the Parkersburg Weekly Sentinel by Robert Hornor. Reported 14 baptisms at St. John's Chapel The first band sawmill began operation in West Virginia Nathan Scott moved to Wheeling Alexander Wade was elected Monongalia County school superintendent Booker T. Washington graduated from Hampton Institute Cassville was chartered Ernest T. Weir was born I.C. White earned a masters degree at WVU Woodlawn Cemetery began as a private family burial ground
1885
The capital moved permanently back to Charleston aboard the Chesapeake and Belle Prince Other events that happened on or around 1885 Parents of Walter Aegerter, Gottfried and Marianna Dubach Aegerter, moved to Helvetia Sumner School in Parkersburg added high school courses to its curriculum for black students. Annie Bartlett married Leonidas Bartlett Belle Boyd married her third husband Nathaniel High Flat Top Coal Company established its headquarters in Bramwell The state song "The West Virginia Hills" written by Ellen Ruddell was put to music by Henry Everett Engle The Hale House burned down in Charleston The move of the capital to Charleston occurred Jacob Beeson Jackson left office as governor of West Virginia Frances Benjamin Johnston ended her studies in Paris at the Academie Julian One of the state's earliest telephone systems was installed in Weston John H. Lilly planted two or three oak trees that are still standing today John McGraw left as Taylor County prosecuting attorney The Berkeley Castle was built as a summer cottage The former state capital was used for the Ohio County Courthouse Ohio Valley Trades and Labor Assembly moved its offices to Wheeling Christopher Payne established the West Virginia Enterprise. A new owner resumed mining at Ritchie Mines The Ruffner Hotel was built in Charleston The "West Virginia Mission" was organized under the Ohio conference Morris Shawkey entered business college I.C. White wrote an article in Science asserting his rediscovery of the anticlinal theory in the location of oil and gas Woodlawn was incorporated as a public cemetery
1909
City of Weirton was founded by Weirton Steel Other events that happened on or around 1909 R. D. Bailey graduated from Valparaiso University in Indiana Waitman Barbe wrote Famous Poems Explained Broaddus Institute (now part of Alderson Broaddus University) moved from Clarksburg to Philippi Broaddus Institute (now Alderson-Broaddus College) moved from Clarksburg to Philippi Rosa Pelham returned to the castle The Birch Boom & Lumber Company built a sawmill near the mouth of Birch River West Virginia legislature created the Board of Control which consolidated management and fiscal control over West Virginia's institutions The Bluefield Daily Telegraph dubbed Bramwell the "Coalfield Capital" Sturdevant and Johnson's partnership ended, factory ceased operation and buildings torn down Camp Dawson was established Elegant seven-story Waldo Hotel opened West Virginia legislation prepared way for establishment of National Forest Reserve in Monongahela Legislature authorized the governor to appoint a Forest, Game and Fish Warden Consolidation Coal, Fairmont Coal and Somerset Coal companies combined into the Consolidation Coal Company Danske Dandridge wrote George Michael Bedinger, a Kentucky Pioneer Huntington annexed Central City Legislation called for forest protection and research and provided fines and imprisonment for owners who intentionally or carelessly set fires Sunday hunting and fishing was prohibited by legislature Michael Owens began his own company to manufacture bottles in Fairmont and Clarksburg Legislature appropriated funds to purchase Grave Creek Mound A receiving vault was built at Greenwood Cemetery Lincoln County destroyed by fire Ernest T. Weir established Weirton Steel The broad-gauge Harrisville Southern Railroad began to run to Cornwallis The Herald-Dispatch began with the merger of the Herald and the Huntington Dispatch Only two county seats in West Virginia were connected by paved highways Legislature established the State Road Fund and the position of state commissioner of public roads Timber production in West Virginia reached its long-time record of 1.5 billion board feet The Jackson Iron & Tin Company relocated to Holiday Cove in Hancock County Garland Wilson was born in Martinsburg Dr. Hugh G. Nicholson leased the Barber Sanatorium and added a nursing school James Kay opened mines on Campbells Creek Keystone was incorporated George Kossuth opened his own photography studio Howard B. Lee began to practice law in Bluefield The Morgantown Republican merged with the New Dominion-News The first congregation of the Church of the Nazarene in West Virginia appeared in Martinsburg Pardee & Curtin opened a double-band sawmill at Hominy Falls. Princeton was chartered as a city The Virginian Railway was completed, the last entry into West Virginia's coalfields. Ritchie Mines were abandoned A second sawmill for St. Lawrence was built for Neola The hotel in Shannondale Springs burned down again Thomas C. Miller became administrator of Shepherd College The Pope Dock Company built Goldenrod A stone sculpture of a frontiersman was dedicated in memory of the Battle of Point Pleasant A steel strike in Wheeling failed Ernest Weir expanded the Phillips Sheet and Tin Plate Company from Clarksburg West Virginia tobacco production peaked at 14,400,000 pounds Fred Torrey enrolled at the Art Institute of Chicago T. C. Townsend first served as the state tax commissioner The name changed from Education Association of West Virginia to the State Education Association Byrd Prillerman became president of West Virginia Colored Institute (now West Virginia State University) The Western Maryland Railway company was organized White Sulphur Springs was incorporated as a town The Wirt County courthouse in Elizabeth burned down Completion of the Virginian Railway sparked an industrial boom in Mullens
2000
Census reports 141,060 people living in the Northern Panhandle Other events that happened on or around 2000 Ceredo had 1,675 residents Charleston population fell to 53,421 Clay Foundation assets at $67 million Reported 44 chapters of the state society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Northern Panhandle and southeastern part of the state had highest median ages Eastern Panhandle and southwestern part of the state had lowest median ages Doddridge population reached 7,403 Dunbar had a population of 8,154 Charleston ranked 167th out of 318 Metropolitan Statistical Areas West Virginia's official poverty rate sat at 17.9% Elizabeth's population was 994 Fairmont had population of 19,097 People 65+ represented 15.3% of population in West Virginia Follansbee's population reported at 3,115 Forestlands of West Virginia reported at 78% of states' area Franklin population reported at 797 Grafton population stood at 2,489 Population of Grant County rose to 11,299 Greenbrier County had a population of 34,453 people Reported population of 32,667 in Hancock County Hardy County reported a population of 12,669 Harpers Ferry was reported with a population of 307 Harrisville held a population of 1,842 The U.S. Census reported the state's population at 1,808,350 The population of Hurricane was reported at 5,222 Census reported 3,606 Indians living in West Virginia Jackson County's population was 28,000 Ripley's population stood at 3,263 Ravenswood's population stood at 4,301 Kanawha County population was the largest in the state at 200,073 Kenova population remained the largest in Wayne County at 3,485 Keyser's population was 5,303 Keystone's population had fallen to 453 City of Logan population was 1,630 Logan County population reported at 37,710 Population of Madison was 2,677 Mannington population was 2,124 Reported 142,728 manufactured homes in West Virginia West Virginia had the third-highest home-ownership rates in the U.S. at 75.2% Marion County population stood at 56,598 Population of Marlinton was 1,204 Marshall County's population was 35,519 Martinsburg population was 75,905 The population of Mason county was 25,957 Census reported African-Americans were 11.9% of McDowell's population Population of McDowell County was 27,329 West Virginia had the country's highest median age at 38.9 years Mercer County population was 62,980 Reported 125,336 members of 1,341 United Methodist churches in West Virginia Middlebourne's population was 870 Milton's population was 2,206 Monongalia County had a population of 81,866 Monroe county had a population of 14,583 Morgan County had a population of 14,943 Morgantown population was 26,809 Moundsville had a population of 9,978 Population of New Cumberland was 1,099 Nicholas County had a population of 26,562 Oak Hill population was 7,589 Population of Ohio County was 47,427 Eleven Orthodox Christian churches were listed in a church survey with 4,310 adherents Paden City's population was 2,860 Parkersburg's population was 33,099 The population of Paw Paw was 524 Franklin had 797 residents The population of Petersburg was 2,423 The population of Philippi was 2,870 Piedmont's population was 1,014 The population of Pineville was 715 The population of Pleasants County was 7,514 The population of Pocahontas County was 9,131 Richwood had a population of 2,477 Ritchie County's population was 10,343 Roane County population was 15,446 Reported 100,000 Catholics in West Virginia Romney had a population of 1,940 The population of St. Albans was 11,567 St. Marys population was at 2,017 Reported 3,060 second homes in Pocahontas County Shinnston's population was 2,295 South Charleston had a population of 13,390 Spencer had a population of 2,352 Sternwheel Regatta festivities were scaled back to an extended weekend Hinton's population was 2,880 Summersville population was 3,294 Sutton had a population 1,011 Taylor County population was 16,089 Tucker County population was 7,321 Union had a population of 548 Upshur County population was 23,404 Vienna had a population of 10.861 Wayne had a population of 1,105 Wayne County population was 42, 903 Webster County population was 9,719 Webster Springs had a population of 808 Weirton population was 20,411 Welch population was 2,683 Wellsburg population was 2,891 West Union had a population of 806 Weston's population was 4,317 Westover had a population of 3,941 Wetzel County had a population of 17,693 Wheeling population was 31,419 Population of White Sulphur Springs was 2,315 Williamson population was 3,414 Winfield population was 1,858 Wirt County had a population of 5,873 Wood County had a population of 87,986 View Articles by Existing Key Dates or Specify Your Own Date Range |
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