The Mountain Boy steamboat was destroyed by river ice at Cincinnati
Joseph Beury shipped the first coal from the New River Coalfield
The Chesapeake & Ohio Railway arrived on the south side of Kanawha River in Charleston
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway arrived on south side of Kanawha River
Charles B. Webb started the weekly Kanawha Chronicle
C&O forced into default from national depression
The legislative act to esbablish a "branch state normal school" in the Mercer County community of Concord was amended and stipulated that the school would be transferred to Princeton if arrangements for land and a building were not completed within one year
William Dawson moved to Kingwood
Marmaduke Dent received M.A. from WVU
Three acres of property was donated to the state and ready for use in the fall by Glenville State College
East Liverpool, Ohio, raised $5,000 for the Laughlins to start a pottery to make white ware
The House of Delegates had 65 delegates
Legislature exempted certain businesses from taxes because of the economic panic
German Jews arrived in Charleston and formed a congregation
Other mills were destroyed by floods on the Jug of the Middle Island Creek
Kanawha Valley Bank was the only bank in Charleston to survive the financial panic
The first West Virginia atlas appeared
The eastern and western section of the C&O main line were joined near Hawks Nest
A city waterworks was established in Martinsburg
Natural gas was put in many of downtown buildings in Martinsburg
The Martinsburg & Potomac railroad came to Martinsburg from Williamsport, MD
Sandy Mason was born in Charleston
The C&O Railroad was completed opening the New River Gorge to the coal and timber industry
The Pardee & Curtin Lumber Company was formed.
Daniel Purinton received a B.A. degree from WVU
An explosion caused the Ritchie Mines to be closed
The C&O was completed at Thurmond
William Thurmond was commissioned to survey land on the north side of New River
Isaiah Welch came to McDowell County to evaluate natural resources
Isaiah Welch surveyed the mineral reserves of the Pocahontas No. 3 coal seam
The Woodburn Seminary at WVU burned
The Western Maryland Railway extended to the C&O Canal
Separate rooms for black patients were added at Weston State Hospital
Archibald Campbell repurchased the Wheeling Intelligencer
Lilly Freer died in Nicaragua
