Augusta Heritage Center

Charleston began hosting the state boys high school basketball tournament

Liberal eligibility regulations increased the cost of the black lung program to $1 billion a year

Greenbrier College for Women closed

Charleston Ballet designated official West Virginia State Ballet

C&O, B&O and Western Maryland merged into the Chessie System

Franklin Cleckley wrote Evidence Handbook for West Virginia Lawyer and West Virginia Criminal Procedure Handbook

Gas company subsidiaries all take the Columbia name

Program Disaster Response began after Buffalo Creek Disaster

Jack Fleming called "immaculate reception"

The Augusta Heritage Center began sponsoring three annual festivals at Davis & Elkins College

The Apple Butter Festival was founded in Berkeley Springs

The merger of the B&O and the C&O was finalized

An unsuccessful merger was attempted between Bluefield State (now University) and Concord College (now University)

Billy Coffindaffer became president of Bluefield State College (now University)

Brook trout named the state fish of West Virginia

William Brotherton Jr. began first term as president of the Senate

Park became a full-fledged resort

A new kitchen and mechanical wing opened at Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital in Parkersburg

Claymont Court was added to the National Register of Historic Place

Colonial Dames moved the Craik-Patton House to Daniel Boone Park

First bald eagle nest documented in West Virginia

West Virginia Baptist Historical Society occupied a vault and adjoining room of the West Virginia Baptist Conference Center at Ripley

Governor Rockefeller converted old Morris Harvey College buildings in Barboursville into state's first and only veterans home

President Jerold O. Dugger ended the football program at Bluefield State College (now University)

Jennings Boyd retired from coaching

Braxton County Memorial Hospital opened

Operation of the Bretz Coke Ovens in Preston County ended

Charleston National created bank holding company, Centurion Bancorp

Rabbi Samuel Cooper retired from B'nai Jacob

Richard Currey published his first short story

Daniel Boone Hotel was closed

Hazel Dickens released Hard Hitting Songs for Hard Hit People

Henry Louis Gates received the MacArthur Fellowship or the "genius award"

The Glen Ferris Inn was sold to Elkem Corporation

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service fenced the entrance sink of Hellhole Cavern to prohibit unauthorized entry

Homer Hickam went to work for NASA at Marshall Space Flight Center

The Preservation Alliance of West Virginia was founded

An experimental liming device was installed on Laurel Run to neutralize the stream's acidity

Jeff Hostetler transferred from Penn State to WVU

Jennings Randolph Lake and Dam was completed

John Knowles wrote Peace Breaks Out

Dale Colyer of WVU College of Agriculture and Forestry wrote report for Mountaineers for Rural Progress

Richard Virship stopped making chairs and put the Linger Chair Factory up for sale

Comprehensive state gazetteers were published by the U.S. Geological Survey

M. Blane Michael joined Jackson & Kelly law firm

Clerk Darrell E. Holmes took over the as editor of the Blue Book

Buffalo Historical Society was formed

Construction began on a surgery suite addition at Cabell Huntington Hospital

Gale Catlett named Coach of the Year by Eastern Basketball magazine

Pine Run School moved to Cedar Creek State Park

Cheat Mountain salamander placed on the federal threatened species list

Stephen Coonts wrote The Minotaur

Ellis Dungan received the Lifetime Achievement Award by the West Virginia International Film Festival

The School Building Authority was created

Robert Atkinson took semi-retirement as bishop of the Episcopal Church

Mark Samels released Forks of Cheat

Salem College was bought by Japanese interests and became Salem-Teikyo University (later Salem International University)

The Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) was created

Homer Hickam published his first book, Torpedo Junction