Ohio Valley Medical Center

Newton Diehl Baker got B.A. degree from John Hopkins University

Waitman Barbe wrote book Ashes and Incense

West Virginia & Pittsburgh Railroad came through Burnsville

Bill Byrne was elected prosecuting attorney of Braxton County

West Virginia Pulp & Paper built paper mill at Luke, Maryland

William Edwin Chilton became chairman of the state Democratic Party

John W. Davis graduated from Washington and Lee

Dingess Tunnel was built

The Center Point oil pool was opened by the South Penn Oil

The Elkins Inter-Mountain was established

The Glenville Pathfinder was first published

Nathan Goff Jr. was appointed a federal judge in the U.S. Fourth Circuit

Thomas Harris wrote Assassination of Lincoln: A History of the Great Conspiracy

The C&O completed a roundhouse with 17 engine stalls and a car shop of 40 cars in Hinton

Lily Jackson called for West Virginia women to contribute to the state's exhibit at the Chicago Worlds Fair

Harriet Jones left the state hospital to open a women's hospital in Wheeling

John K. Small first discovered Kates Mountain Clover

The N&W Ohio River Bridge was completed

William Leigh left the Royal Academy in Munich

Virgil A. Lewis was elected state superintendent of schools

St. Paul's became the first Lutheran church in Charleston

The Fostoria Glass Company opened in Moundsville

McDowell Countians voted to move the county seat to Welch

The Berkeley Springs springs were developed as the town water supply

City Hospital Training School for Nurses in Wheeling opened as the first nursing school in West Virginia

Syrian and Lebanese immigrants founded St. George Orthodox Church in Charleston

Fetterman was incorporated

George Peterkin published Records of the Protestant Episcopal Church in West Virginia.

Graham Hamrick received patents for his mummification formula.

Melville Davisson Post earned a law degree from West Virginia University

WVU's plant collection was put into storage

The Polecat well was drilled

Wilbur "Lefty" Cooper was born in Davis Run

Charles W. Ferguson II was born

Webster Springs was incorporated as Addison

C. F. Millspaugh published Agricultural Experiment Station bulletins on West Virginia's Weeds

Wheeling Hospital grew to 90 beds

Broaddus Female College (now part of Alderson Broaddus University) accepted its first male students

Cyrus Thomas published Report on the Mound Explorations of the Bureau of Ethnology.

Newton Diehl Baker received law degree from Washington and Lee University

New bridges were constructed in Harpers Ferry and some of the remaining Bollman trusses were converted to highway use

Evening Mail became morning paper after George Warren sold to John B. Floyd

Democratic Supremacy in West Virginia ended

John Cornwell passed the bar exam

John Dickinson became the first director of the West Virginia Bankers Association

John Hardy was hanged at Welch for killing a man in a card game

Pennsylvania Glass Sand Company began mining Oriskany sand in the same geological formation in Pennsylvania about 80 miles north of Morgan County, West Virginia

The Easton Roller Mill replaced buhrs with steam power and rollers

A high school was established in Harrisville

Only about half of state miners participated in a nationwide strike by UMWA

The American Ancient Order of Hibernians peaked in West Virginia with 647 men in 12 Hibernian divisions

Elmer Jacobs set up practice in Morgantown

John Dickinson became cashier of the Kanawha Valley Bank

Kenova was incorporated as a town

The city of Welch was incorporated

John McWhorter received a law degree from WVU law school

The B&O branch in Morgantown extended to Connellsville, Pennsylvania

Livia Simpson Poffenbarger married George Poffenbarger.

The first Presbyterian Church was formed in Williamson.

Rt. Rev. Patrick J. Donahue was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling

Telephone switchboards were installed at Fairmont

The Big Moses gas well was drilled

Clarence W. Watson married Minnie Lee Owings

Kenova was chartered

The Historical Society was given larger quarters for its museum and library at the Capitol

The National Guard was activated for service in areas of labor unrest

Westvaco opened headquarters in New York City

Albert White managed the U.S. Senate campaign of Stephen B. Elkins

There was a total of 64 African Methodist Episcopal churches and 2,298 members

Harry R. Wyllie purchased the Allegheny Lodge for use as a private estate

American Gas & Electric Power Company consolidated a dozen smaller companies including Appalachian Power

Dr. Maggie Ballard graduated from the University of Maryland School of Medicine

The backers of the Beckley Post bought the Raleigh Herald, naming it the Post-Herald

"Billy Richardson's Last Ride" was written by Carson J. Robinson

Chear River dam, built to generate electricity, was completed

Start of the new DuPont plant at Belle

Earl Core joined biology department at WVU

Hallie Elkins made gift of Halliehurst to Davis & Elkins College

New campus developed surrounding the Elkins mansion

Wehrle B. Geary and A. W. Cox merged resources to begin building

Fairmont Times moved to the building of West Virginian

Donald R. Gaudineer became district ranger for the Greenbrier Ranger District of Monongahela National Forest

Governor's Mansion added servant quarters above the garage

The High Gate mansion was sold to the Sisters of St Joseph after the death of J. E. Watson

The Lovett family sold the Hilltop House in Harpers Ferry to Fred McGee

The Hinton News building was constructed by H. C. Ogden

The House of Delegates impeached Auditor John C. Bond

Milton Humphreys published a Civil War memoir, Military Operations 1861-1863

The Kanawha route became part of the transcontinental Midland Trial highway

The Louis Glass company was established

John Matheus's short story "Swamp Moccasin" won first prize in the Crisis magazine short story contest

Additions were built at the Mount St. George mansion in Wellsburg

Karl Myers compiled a poetry collection, The Quick Years

Wheeling accepted Waddington Farm and renamed it Oglebay Park

The mill, shops, and Shay locomotives at Curtin were moved to Bergoo.

Potomac State was accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.

The Sunset News began publication in Bluefield

Ada "Bricktop" Smith opened a Paris club called the Music Box

The Smoot Theater was built by the Smoot Amusement Company

Spring Hill Cemetery acquired large tracts from the Wehrle and Jefferies farms

Weirton Steel contracted for the construction of a continuous sheet steel mill

P. D. Strausbaugh initiated a summer field course called botanical expedition at WVU

The Wellsburg, Bethany & Washington Railroad streetcar line ceased operation

The First Regiment was designated as the 201st Infantry

A first tower was built in Watoga State Park

The Webster Springs Hotel was destroyed by fire

The road through Winfield was paved

Paul Wissmach died

Hack Wilson started playing for the Chicago Cubs

Quaker Oats Company sold Louis Marx & Company to Dunbee-Combe Ltd

George Balsama became president of Beckley College (now Mountain State University)

The Islamic Center of West Virginia opened in Charleston

The WVU Mountaineers finished the regular football season unbeaten for first time

Nat Reese received the John Henry Award

Otis Rice became a member of the board of advisers at the WVU Library

The Crain v. Bordenkircher case changed state policies regarding the prison system

Melvin Lentz became wood chopping champion