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Pence Springs
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Dec 26, 1872
Pence Springs was developed as a resort. Other events that happened on or around December 26, 1872 Legislature passed West Virginia's first general banking law The present building of Malden's African Zion Baptist Church began after contributions of land, money and materials by Gen. Lewis Ruffner West Virginia's new constitution continued the education of black children in segregation Blacks began forming groups in response to inequality. Commissioners in McDowell County ordered a new courthouse be constructed out of logs Joseph Beury and wife moved to New River Alexander Boteler ran unsuccessfully for Congress Brickyard Bend (New Cumberland) shipped 11 million bricks via Ohio River West Virginia's new constitution abandons the township system and reverts back to the Virginia county government system Democrats gained political supremacy after voting restrictions on former Confederates ceased Joseph Diss Debar supported the Liberal Republicans to come to terms with the ex-Confederates Anne Dudley toured New England with Harpers Ferry Singers to raise funds for Myrtle Hall New constitution expanded support of public education New constitution changed elections to two-year cycle Secretary of State was made an appointed office Provisions of the Flick Amendment was added to the state constitution John P. Hale purchased Fort Lee's original lot and blockhouse in Charleston Glenville State College began as branch of the State Normal School Noah Speer started the Hancock Works The second courthouse was completed in Glenville Vote by citizens brought the Grant County seat permanently to Petersburg John Hale built the Hale House hotel in Charleston Legislature faced the task of modifying laws to conform to the newly adopted constitution West Virginia Legislature grew to 89 persons Weston's first public school building was erected The McDowell County seat was located at Peeryville (now English) The town of Milton was laid out The hamlet of Mud in Lincoln County, an unincorporated community, said to have been founded Construction began on more refineries in Parkersburg Normal schools were established in Glenville, Athens, and Shepherdstown In Charleston, the Presbyterian Church (Southern) and the Kanawha Presbyterian Church (Northern) split. Voters in Greenbrier Country elected Samuel Price as their representative to the West Virginia constitutional convention. Legislature designated Shepherd as one of the state's normal schools Robert Simmons was a delegate to the Republican national convention The cave at Sinks of Gandy was described by David Hunter Strother The Universalist Meeting House at Fork Ridge in Marshall County erected an additional larger building Charles Ward began operating his own pipe and fittings business The Western Maryland Railway extended to Hagerstown I.C. White earned an undergraduate degree at Agricultural College of West Virginia (WVU) Waitman Willey spoke eloquently for suffrage for African-Americans
1878
The property containing the spring was sold to Andrew S. Pence. Other events that happened on or around 1878 C&O sold at foreclosure, reorganized, and renamed C&O Railway Alston Dayton graduated from WVU Stephen Elkins became a citizen of West Virginia Aretas Fleming was appointed judge of the second judicial circuit Congress provided money to have the remnants of the old dams cleared on the Guyandotte River The hog-stealing incident and trial between the Hatfields and McCoys occurred Hamilton Hatter completed the teacher training program at Storer College The Irish had cleared the land on Irish Mountain and built a small log church WVU created a "chair of law and equity" establishing the College of Law Virgil Lewis became the principal of the Buffalo Academy in Putnam County Herbert Chester Greer was born Lawrence Nuttall moved to Nuttallburg Russell Montague moved from Boston to Greenbrier County Taylor County seat was moved to Grafton The West Virginia Baptist State Convention was first held Albert White graduated from Marietta College
1900
E.M. Carney purchased the Pence Springs property Other events that happened on or around 1900 West Virginia had 100,000 farms on 8.9 million acres Charles Ambler served as sheriff of Pleasants County for two years B&O added the Monongahela River Railroad (Fairmont to Clarksburg) There were 600 Baptist churches in West Virginia Raleigh County Republicans launched the Raleigh Herald Berkeley County population was 19,469 First women on the Bethany College board of trustees Jesse Bloch entered the family Bloch Brothers Tobacco Company Alonzo Brooks completed a business course at West Virginia Wesleyan College Capon Springs developer William H. Sale died Cass was founded by West Virginia Pulp & Paper Company West Virginia Pulp & Paper built paper mill at Covington, Virginia The Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) completed its Greenbrier Division into Pocahontas County to harvest red spruce on Cheat and Back Allegheny mountains Moses Donnally sold the Charleston Gazette Davis Child Shelter, an orphanage, was established in Charleston First sewer lines were installed in Clarksburg Coal production had doubled Little evidence of the Coal River locks and dams remained West Virginia chapter of the Colonial Dames of America was organized Only remnant populations of deer and turkey were noted West Virginia's median age was below national average at 20.3 Doddridge County population was 13,689 William Edwards wrote a book on the authorship of Shakespeare's plays Fairmont Times was first published by Gen. C. L. Smith and O. S. McKinney Thaddeus Fowler returned to West Virginia Garnet High School was founded with a class of 12 black students Howard Gore graduated from WVU with a degree in agriculture Harrison County held a population of 27,690 Nancy Hart and husband Joshua Douglas settled in Webster County Morris Harvey founded the Fayette National Bank William "Coin" Harvey moved to Arkansas to begin building a retreat and vacation resort The population of Helvetia reached 500 people The first time the word "hillbilly" was used in print, in a New York newspaper Reported 1,062 native Hungarians in West Virginia Water power began being used for the production of electricity in West Virginia, at Kanawha Falls Census reported 2,458 Indians living in West Virginia There were 18 farms of the settlers on the Irish Tract Jackson County's population rose to 19,000 Don Redman was born in Piedmont The Kanawha Falls were augmented by a low dam Oil and natural gas in high quantities was found in Lewis County Cousin Abe Lilly received a law degree from the Southern Normal University, Tennessee Railroad replaces streams as the chief means of transporting logs to sawmills The Benwood Ironworks grew into a large steel mills James Miller ceased to be Summers County prosecuting attorney James Miller ran unsuccessfully for state auditor Steam and electric fans made larger mines possible The completion of the C&O Railway's Greenbrier Division to Marlinton put the Minnehaha Springs within reach of travelers Fairmont's first electric streetcar line built Morgantown population was at 1,895 The Morgantown Glass Works began production A developer began selling oceanfront lots for $25 in Myrtle Beach The anticlinal theory of oil and gas was applied along Sand Fork of the Little Kanawha The Toledo & Ohio Central gained control of the Kanawha & Michigan and the Kanawha & West Virginia Railroad The Pennsylvania Railroad began purchasing the N&W stock Kanawha County had the largest population with 54,696 residents. The largest city in the state was Wheeling with a population of 38,878. The Lilly family began ownership of the Ruffner Hotel St. Joseph's Hospital was founded by Patrick J. Donahue Samuel and Violet Bryant got their first jobs on showboats James H. Brown's obelisk was erected at Spring Hill Cemetery Interurban railway operations began in Huntington Tyler County's oil and gas boom peaked Wayne County population was at 23,619 Wings were added to Woodburn Hall at WVU Weston had municipal water plant, sanitary and storm sewer systems and brick paved streets West Virginia Pulp & Paper began constructing a sawmill in Cass A nursing school was founded at Wheeling Hospital The Collins Colliery company store burned Matthew Whittico moved to Keystone Buffalo, elk, gray wolf and passenger pigeon had all disappeared from West Virginia The second courthouse at Winfield was built Wirt County's population peaked at 10,284 Carter G. Woodson became principal of Douglass High School The first record of the ballad "The Wreck on the C&O" came out
1904
Pence Springs water was presented the highest award in its class. Other events that happened on or around 1904 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 Roy Bird Cook graduated from high school 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 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
1918
A large brick hotel was constructed by the Pence family at Pence Springs Other events that happened on or around 1918 Walter Barnes wrote An Easy Primer Claude Worthington Benedum, the only child of Michael L. and Sarah Benedum, died of influenza at Camp Meade Robert C. Byrd's mother died and he was sent to live with his aunt and uncle Anne Camden died in Parkersburg, leaving the Camden mansion to the heirs which in turn donated the house to the city for use as a hospital J. Howard Holt published Crime and Punishment, a pamphlet opposing the death penalty Chamber of Commerce established in Wheeling Fire destroyed Charleston Gazette newspaper plant located at the South Side Bridge DuPont Company plant closed at end of WWI John W. Davis ended his time as solicitor general John W. Davis became ambassador to England John W. Davis was a member of the American delegation to the Geneva conference Construction began on the High Level Bridge in Fairmont Fairmont Times began publishing Sunday editions West Virginia Farm Bureau Federation was created Homer Holt graduated from Washington and Lee University The Spanish Influenza epidemic became one of the world's deadliest and swiftest pandemics Weirton Steel Corporation was formed Fanny Johnson's story "They Both Needed It" was among the best short stories of the year Hayes Picklesimer first came to work at Kanawha Valley Bank The United Zinc Smelting Corporation began operation in Marshall County Williamson Memorial Hospital was founded The Morgantown Post-Chronicle was renamed the Morgantown Post The Weekly New Dominion, a Morgantown newspaper, ceased publication The National Bank of Commerce was founded Owens-Illinois Glass Company purchased a Huntington glass factory Board of Public Works acquired constitutional status by ratification of an earlier amendment The town of Nitro was completed. The Bryants built the Bryants New Showboat The Parkersburg & Ohio Valley Electric Railway ceased operation Boyd Stutler rose to the rank of sergeant and served with distinction in the American offensives Eighteen of Melville Davisson Post's stories were published in Uncle Abner: Master of Mysteries by Appleton The German Bank changed its name to the Wheeling Bank & Trust Company A Romney hospital at the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind proved vital during influenza epidemic Oglebay Hall was completed for the College of Agriculture at WVU Plans for the West Virginian Hotel began with the Bluefield Rotary Club West Virginians participated in the Italian Campaign Lenna Yost became the legislative representative for the national Women's Christian Temperance Union
1947
The Pence Springs property containing the original spring, hotel and fields were purchased by the state of West Virginia for use as a state prison for women Other events that happened on or around 1947 Federal government sold Arthurdale homes and community building to the homesteaders West Virginia Aeronautics Commission formed Florence Blanchfield retired Jesse Bloch's son, Thomas, became president of Bloch Brothers Tobacco Company Bluefield State College (now University) was fully accredited by the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education Business affairs for WVU and state colleges was transferred to WVU Board of Governors and State Board of Education Tony Boyle was brought to Washington as assistant to UMW President John L. Lewis Harry Brawley won an award for the "School of the Air" series Carter Coal Company sold to Youngstown Sheet & Tube Western Maryland Railroad took possession of the Cheat Mountain Club American Cyanamid built plant near Willow Island Levi Johnson Dean had 139 architectural commissions Coal production peaked with 174 million tons Jack Fleming began announcing for WVU sports Harry B. Heflin became the third president of Glenville State College "Biggie" Goldberg led the Chicago Cardinals to the NFL Championship The Greene Line acquired the Delta Queen Louis W. Chappell recorded Edden Hammons at Richwood Hotel Voters approved a city charter for the Weirton Alberta Pierson Hannum wrote Roseanna McCoy Ken Hechler began teaching at Princeton University Marshall won the NAIB national basketball tournament in Kansas City Homer Holt became general counsel for the Union Carbide company in New York City The Huttonsville Correctional Center became a separate institution from the state penitentiary at Moundsville The West Virginia Conservation Commission constructed a dam and bridge at the Jug of Middle Island Creek, restoring water to the original channel Wertz Field in Institute received modern facilities at Kanawha (Yeager) Airport Supreme Court ruling West Virginia-Pittsburgh Coal Company v. Strong limited surface mining The West Virginia League of Women Voters was recognized by the national office Operation of all locks and dams except Lock and Dam No 1 on the Big Sandy was discontinued Elli Mannette had perfected a steel drum with two octaves of a diatonic scale Jacob Rader Marcus established the American Jewish Archives Dan Maroney became a bus driver for the Charleston Transit Company Mildred Mitchell married William L. Bateman Mildred Mitchell-Bateman was accepted a position as staff physician at Lakin State Hospital Morgantown annexed part of Evansdale Women prisoners from Moundsville Penitentiary were transferred to women's penitentiary in Pence Springs The Nazarene Camp and Conference ground was established at Summersville WPDX Clarksburg began competing with WMMN Fairmont for country music audience Alex Schoenbaum opened the Parkette Drive-In and Bowling Alley in the west side of Charleston Oliver S. Ikenberry became president of Shepherd College Hulett Smith began serving on the state Aeronautics Commission. Marshall College (now University) won the National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball Championship Miles Stanley became the president of his steelworkers union local An additional appropriation of $60,000 to build the State Police Academy was obtained from legislature Edward W. Stifel Sr. died The Co-operative Transit Company ceased streetcar operations in Wheeling area City Lines of West Virginia ceased streetcar operations in north-central West Virginia Surface mining production reached 18.4 million tons Union Carbide purchased the Institute butadiene, styrene and support facilities to convert to chemical plants Reported 14,510 people were employed in textile-related jobs in West Virginia The University of Hard Knocks was conceived by Jim Comstock Andre Van Damme and family moved to America Vitrolite ceased production Enrollment at West Virginia State College was 1,785 students The West Virginia Turnpike Commission was created by legislature The Nickel Plate Railroad purchased a majority of the Wheeling & Lake Erie Henry Mazer became conductor of the Wheeling Symphony Doc Williams had a major hit, "Beyond the Sunset" Florence Blanchfield ceased as superintendent of the Army Nurse Corps Sam Jones joined the Cleveland Buckeyes of the Negro American League Buck Harless became part owner of a lumber company Toni Stone played for the semi-pro Twin Cities Colored Giants
1984
Pence Springs was studied by scholars from the University of Kentucky Other events that happened on or around 1984 Holt, Rinehart, and Winston published a paperback edition of the stories of Beece D'J Pancake Henry Payne graduated from Princeton University Jayne Anne Phillips published her first of three novels, Machine Dreams William Pierce established his headquarters in a compound near Hillsboro Cynthia Rylant wrote Waiting to Waltz Henry Schmulbach's Wheeling house was added to the National Register of Historic Places The Shott family endowed the Hugh I. Shott Jr. Foundation Union Carbide had a tragic industrial accident at its Bhopal, India facility E. M. Statler was inducted into the Wheeling Hall of Fame Charleston became the first city in U.S. to be able to chose long-distance carriers other than AT&T Railroads ceased operation in Tucker County The golf course at Twin Falls State Park was expanded to 18-hole AT&T broke up C. W. Ferguson III stopped serving as circuit judge A renovation on Welch Community Hospital was completed West Virginia History began annual publication The School of Osteopathic Medicine started a postdoctoral training program Thomas Conlin became conductor of the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra WVU Hospitals became a separate nonprofit corporation, affiliated with West Virginia University Meredith Sue Willis wrote Personal Fiction Writing The American Cyanamid decided to settle the Willow Island sterilization suit out of court Warren McGraw stopped serving as state senate president John Zontini was inducted into the Marshall University Athletics Hall of Fame Helen Holt retired Coach John McKay retired
1985
Pence Springs Hotel was placed on the National Register of Historic Places Other events that happened on or around 1985 West Virginia became one of the top ten states as regards marijuana plant eradication Irene McKinney won a poetry fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts An extensive renovation of the McLure Hotel in Wheeling was completed The Department of Mines was merged into a new West Virginia Department of Energy The West Virginia Motor Speedway was built at Mineral Wells The Mountain Stage first national broadcast was live from Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, South Carolina A grant from the Benedum Foundation provided funds for renovations to three buildings at Beckley College (now Mountain State University) The WVU Mountaineer mascot figure was registered as a U.S. trademark Walter Dean Myers received the Coretta Scott King Award for his books A section of Myrtle Beach became the Mountain State's unofficial shoreline John Norman received the Congressional High Technology Award Northfork High School was absorbed into Mount View High
1986
Pence Springs Resort property was purchased and renovated as a hotel Other events that happened on or around 1986 Kathy Mattea's song "Walk the Way the Wind Blows" became her first major hit McCoy's Mill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places Congressman Alan Mollohan was appointed to the House Appropriations Committee Mount St. George was added to the National Register of Historic Places Regular national broadcasts of Mountain Stage began on National Public Radio Zebra mussels were introduced from Europe to the Great Lakes by commercial barge traffic Henry Payne was runner up for the Pulitzer Prize. The Peter Tarr furnace was partially restored. A new division was created within the PSC to provide assistance to public water and wastewater providers. Otis Rice became vice chairman of the Kanawha County Bicentennial Commission The Smoot Theater stopped serving as a movie theater The State Supreme Court ruled on Cook v. Heck's regarding the firing of workers United National Bank joined with Intermountain Bankshares and Kanawha Banking and Trust The Education Foundation changed its name to West Virginia Historical Education Foundation Thomas W. Cole left as president of West Virginia State College (now University) Roomier pens making use of natural features were installed at the West Virginia State Wildlife Center at French Creek The West Virginia Turnpike accommodated about 5 million cars WVU Mountaineer Field football stadium expanded to 63,175 seats A master's degree in business administration was first offered at West Virginia Wesleyan College Rachael Worby became music director of Wheeling Symphony The Henderson Hall historic district was added to the National Register Robert C. Gillespie became president of West Virginia Institute of Technology Katherine Johnson retired from NASA Conchata Ferrell married Arnie Anderson, a sound mixer
2001
Ashby Berkley and his sister sold the Pence Springs property Other events that happened on or around 2001 Camp Twin Creeks at Minnehaha Springs became coed The West Virginia Motorsports Council was established by Governor Wise Mountain Stage began broadcasting on public television North Bend State Park added a 305-acre lake Brad Paisley joined the Grand Ole Opry Jayne Anne Phillips published Motherkind Pilgrim's Pride bought out WLR Foods poultry processors The PROMISE scholarship was funded The governance role in St. Joseph's Hospital by the Sisters of St. Joseph ended Mary Lee Settle wrote I, Roger Williams Michael Smith performed at the presidential inaugural prayer service The Smoke Hole Lodge closed Surface mining production was 60 million tons The Thomas Memorial emergency center was expanded Marsh Wheeling Stogies stopped making cigars Joseph Carter was elected president of UMWA District 17 The West Virginia Mining and Reclamation Association merged with the West Virginia Coal Association Carl J. Smith began serving as director of the Geological and Economic Survey The West Virginia Hillbilly ceased publication Grant Cooper became conductor of the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra Major renovations took place at Kanawha Airport
2003
Ashby Berkley reclaimed the Pence Springs Resort property Other events that happened on or around 2003 Extensive renovations of the Kimball WWI Memorial began New Mennonite Congregation started in Greenbrier County The Metropolitan Theater opened after being closed for renovation in the 90s WVU announced that the Mountaineer Field would be renamed Milan Puskar Stadium home of Mountaineer Field Brad Paisley released his third album Soupy Sales published his memoir Soupy Sez Michael Smith became a Distinguished West Virginian An expansion at Tamarack opened View Articles by Existing Key Dates or Specify Your Own Date Range |
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