Eastern Panhandle

John Lederer made three expeditions into the Appalachians

The "Five Nations" became the Six Nations of the Iroquois when Tuscaroras were admitted

Lord Fairfax first visits his lands in Virginia

Zackquill Morgan was born in Berkeley County

The Draper family moved to Draper's Meadow (Blacksburg, Virginia)

Iroquois disposed territory in sales to colonial government

A treaty conference was held between representatives of Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia and delegates from the Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, Seneca and Tuscarora tribes; Virginia negotiators were able to buy their claim to the Ohio Valley in the Treaty of Lancaster

There were 250 churches in West Virginia

Capt. John M. Burns established a sawmill at Burnsville

Jefferson and Berkeley confirmed as West Virginia by U.S. Congress

Henry Gassaway Davis received charter to build the West Virginia Central and Pittsburgh Railway

Dickinson-Shrewsbury partnership dissolved by the courts after partners died

Private school for black children, in Parkersburg, was converted to a public school

J. N. Boyd began publication of Vedette in Fairmont

Three men were hanged on the "hanging tree" at Fort Boreman

Freedmen's Bureau began operation in West Virginia

Grantsville was laid out

Morris Harvey and brother-in-law received a land grant from West Virginia of 1,000 acres on the west side of New River

The Radical-dominated legislature enacted the Voters' Registration Law

John Joseph Kain was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Richmond

The Buckhannon home of George Latham was purchased

A new shop complex was built in Martinsburg, with roundhouse

Elizabethtown and Moundsville were consolidated under Moundsville

Free schools were established in Moundsville

The multiflora rose was introduced to the eastern U.S. as rootstock for ornamental roses

The North Bend superintendent's residence was built by Christopher Douglas

Samuel Price became a director of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad.

George Lemon died

Sumner School became West Virginia's earliest black public school

H.M. Calhoun was born

Samuel W. Starks was born in Charleston

Sumner School became a part of the segregated public school system

Ceredo was incorporated

The West Virginia Central & Pittsburg Railway was chartered under the name of the Potomac & Piedmont Coal & Railroad Company

Archibald Campbell left the Wheeling Intelligencer

William H. Davis became a teacher for Malden’s Black children

4 to 8 inches of rain had fallen

A great flood ripped through the Trough

The most devastating flood in Hardy County's history occurred when river rose more than nine feet above flood stage

The most devastating flood in Hardy County's history hit

Timber and Watershed Lab at Fernow Forest was severely damaged by the flood

Greenbrier River crested at 23.95 feet, more than nine feet above flood stage, killing 47 people

High water reached 13 ft above flood stage at Glenville

Major flood caused great damage to Marlinton

There was a major flood in Parsons

Cheat River crested at 24.3 feet, more than eight feet above flood stage

Raging flood waters killed 16 people in Pendleton County

West Fork at Weston crested at 24.10 feet, more than seven feet above flood stage

The Philippi mummies were damaged in the flood and were treated by a local funeral home

WVMR was major in reporting during the great flood

Allegheny Airlines changed its name to US Airways

Bluestone Lake became a major supplier of public water

Boundary dispute between West Virginia and Virginia involving Jefferson and Loudoun Counties was resolved

Robert C. Byrd co-sponsored the resolution opposing the Kyoto Protocol

Ernie Carpenter died

Sam Hindman named publisher of the Charleston Daily Mail

SCSM purchased by Mayflower Vehicle Systems

Concord College received West Virginia's only true carillon

Richard Currey published Lost Highway

Trails and designated campsites at Dolly Sods were cleared of munitions left by the army

Bowden Fish Hatchery was taken over by the state

Anna Marsh caught a 49-pound Muskie in Elk River

Jack Fleming stopped anchoring sports radio at WVU

Local historians asked the Wood County Commission for support in creating a park at Fort Boreman

3/4th of market value of agricultural products sold originated in Ridge and Valley counties

Coal production reached record of 182 million tons