Thomas Maley Harris

Asa Gray collected plants from Harpers Ferry to Tucker County en route to North Carolina

First coke made in West Virginia in Monongalia County

Martin Delany founded, edited and published the Mystery

John Echols became a lawyer

John Echols moved to Union

Thomas English wrote ballad "Ben Bolt"

Original name of Middletown was changed to Fairmont

John McCausland moved to Henderson when his parents died

Alexander H. Creel established a river port village near present St. Marys, in Pleasants County

David Ruffner died

Robert Simmons married Susan King

Staunton Turnpike was completed to Beverly

The Potomac River flooded

Only 490,000 tons of coal were produced in West Virginia

Dr. James Dye was born in Chloe

Delta Tau Delta revived its Bethany Chapter

Marmaduke Dent enrolled in classes at WVU

Sisters established a benevolent school for poor children in Parkersburg

Joseph Diss Debar involved West Virginia in the Paris Exposition

Easton Roller Mill began operation

Stephen Elkins served as New Mexico's attorney general

Palatine was incorporated

Work on Grafton National Cemetery began

Grantsville was named for Ulysses S. Grant

Hamlin was chosen as county seat of Lincoln County

The Clarksburg Independent School District was established

Mother Jones's husband, George, and their four children died in the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis

George Latham became U.S. Consul to Australia

Joseph Lightburn became a Baptist preacher

The Little Kanawha Navigation Company let contracts for the first four locks and dams

The initial railroad map of West Virginia was published by the B&O Railroad

Henry Hyannis purchased the old Nadenbousch distillery in Martinsburg

John McCausland returned to Mason County after fleeing the country at the end of the Civil War

Dr. James Edmund Reeves and 32 colleagues established the West Virginia State Medical Association, orginally the Medical Society of West Virginia

The West Virginia Penitentiary opened

A monument commemorating the Confederate dead was erected at Romney Indian Mound Cemetery

Trustees of West Liberty sold the school to the state

I. C. White became one of the first 6 students to enter the Agricultural College of West Virginia (WVU)

William Wilson graduated from Columbian College

West Virginia legislature authorized the establishment of normal schools to train teachers

Uncle Dyke Garrett married Sallie "Aunt Sallie" Smith

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

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

Wheeling City Hospital opened to patients

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

The Bluefield DailyJournal closed

Land purchased for $24,757 for Cabell County Courthouse

Huntington established Chamber of Commerce

Reuben Gold Thwaites edition of Chronicles of Border Warfare was published, which provides corrections to some errors of fact or interpretation

Clay was incorporated

$20,000 appropriated for new academic building at what is now known as Concord University

John William Davis (originally from Clarksburg) graduated from law school at Washington and Lee

Bethany Chapter of Delta Tau Delta ceased activity

Distinct historic courthouse was built in Fayetteville

Jack Glasscock returned to Wheeling to manage and play for Wheeling Base Ball Club

The Montgomery Preparatory School (West Virginia University Institute of Technology) was founded

Lewis County's first high school was established

Joseph Long sold the Herald

West Virginia passed a law preventing railroad from engaging in the business of buying and selling coal

A formal community of Orthodox Christians was founded in Bluefield

Michael Owens had perfected machinery for blowing tumblers, light bulbs and lamp chimneys

Extensive timbering began along the Pocatalico River

A timber company began extensive operations on the waters of Pocatalico which added to Poca's growth.

Morris Shawkey came to West Virginia as professor of education at West Virginia Wesleyan College

E. M. Statler left the McLure House for Buffalo, New York

Ephraim Wells opened the Wells Hotel in Sistersville

The Virginia was built in Cincinnati

Ralph Weinberg was born in Baltimore

The McDowell County courthouse at Welch was constructed

Welch population was at 300

Agnes Westbrook Morrison was the first woman to graduate from College of Law at WVU

Agnes Howard Hall, now on the Register of Historic Places, was built as a residence for women at West Virginia Wesleyan College

Williamson became the county seat of Mingo County

William Wilson became postmaster general under President Cleveland's cabinet

Hurry-up Yost played tackle on the WVU football team

A.S. Withers wrote an early report of Betty Zane's save of Fort Henry in Chronicles of Border Warfare