Blennerhassett Island

Abraham Wood, a leading promoter of expansion, died

Mad Anne Bailey married Richard Trotter

Captain Bull, Delaware Indian, settled near the Little Kanawha

St. Peter's Lutheran Church was established at Shepherdstown

John "Hunter John" Myers was born

Maj. John Hansford was born in Orange County

The British Stamp Act was passed

Zackquill Morgan registered a land claim in Monongalia County

British countermeasures forced Pontiac to negotiate peace in Detroit

A visitor to Wheeling described Moses Shepherd's new building

The Shrewsburys settled in the landt present Belle

An industrial site was built at Harpers Ferry

Samuel Hanway established the Fock Forge on Deckers Creek near Morgantown

The Davis furnace was in operation in Monongalia County

Joseph Tomlinson laid out lots named Elizabethtown

John Myers married Catherin Everhart

Coal was discovered on the Pocatalico River

Shepherdstown was named after Thomas Shepherd

Robert Gorrell founded Middlebourne

Railroad line was built through the area of New Cumberland by Pennsylvania Railroad

William Edwin Chilton ran unsuccessfully for state senate

Aretas Fleming's fortunes were joined with U.S. Sen. Johnson Newlon Camden

Millard F. Giesey opened his own architecture office in Wheeling

John P. Hale produced book, Trans-Allegheny Pioneers

John P. Hale produced book, Trans-Allegheny Pioneers

A "substantial brick jail" was added to the courthouse in Hamlin

A referendum was unsuccessfully proposed to make Ravenswood the new county seat of Jackson County

Harriet Jones opened a private practice in Wheeling

Marlin's Bottom changed its name to Marlinton

John McGraw was appointed collector of internal revenue for West Virginia by President Cleveland

A branch of the B&O reached Morgantown

A permanent Mormon presence in West Virginia began with the creation of the West Virginia Conference

The first public high school for blacks, Sumner High, was established in Parkersburg.

The Ravenswood, Spencer, & Glenville Railroad was established.

A referendum confirmed Ripley as county seat of Jackson County

Anne Spence and mother moved to Bramwell

Telephone switchboards were installed at Martinsburg

A fire burned much of the Valley Falls area

Clarence W. Watson graduated from Fairmont State Normal School

James O. Watson and Aretas B. Fleming started the Montana mine

Henry Everett Engle copyrighted the music to "The West Virginia Hills"

The drilling of the first gas well in Hundred

Frank Reeves was born in Fairmont