Harrison Ash became chief of police at Thurmond
Baldwin-Felts Agency helped break a strike in the New River Field
Rosa Pelham was forced out of the castle by debt
Sam Black Church is built
Aaron Bloch succeeded his brother, Samuel, as president of Bloch Brothers Tobacco
Stephen B. Elkins purchased the Morgantown & Kingwood Railroad
James Callahan was appointed chairman of the Department of History and Political Science at WVU
Andrew Carnegie donated $33,000 to Lewisburg Female Institute to build Carnegie Hall
Cecil B. Highland became a stockholder of Clarksburg Exponent Telegram
The Coal & Coke Railway Company sold the Central & Pittsburgh
Watson-Fleming-Camden syndicate acquired the Somerset Coal Company
Voters amended the constitution making Secretary of State an elected office
The Mahan family quit farming the land
Edward Franzheim was probably the most successful architect in West Virginia
The Greenbrier Military Academy was bought by the Greenbrier Presbytery and renamed the Greenbrier Presbyterial School
The Homer Laughlin China Company purchased the Newell Farm and expanded across the Ohio into West Virginia
Nancy Hart died
The state called troops to mining strikes
The state called troops to areas with striking miners
The Hazel Atlas Glass Company was created
The UMWA organized about 7,000 miners in the Kanawha Valley
James H. Nash bought Holly Grove Mansion and made changes
Albert F. Holden and William H. Coolidge inspected 30,000 acres of land on Coppers Fork of Island Creek
Elmer Jacobs designed the parts of Seneca Glass Company building that had fallen to fire
A History of the Valley of Virginia was reprinted
The C&O Railroad was built along the Guyandotte River
Patients other than coal miners were charged $1.59/ day at McKendree Hospital
The West Virginia University School of Medicine was founded in Morgantown
Samuel Alexander McCoy and G. W McCauley bought the Hardy County News from Capt. J. J. Chipley
Matthew M. Neely opened a Fairmont law office
John Nugent came to West Virginia as a UMWA organizer
Oak Hill's first high school was established by Charles T. Jones and Albert G. Sevy
George Rashid migrated to the United States from Syria
The Pinch Reunion was established by Judge William W. Wertz
The Greenbrier Division of the C&O was completed to Durbin
Potomac State College began operation as the West Virginia Preparatory School
The Rending of Virginia was originally published in Chicago by Mayer & Miller
Frederick Rhead came to America
Charles Ritter married Mabel McClinock
Benjamin Rosenbloom played on the WVU football team
St. Lawrence Boom & Manufacturing Company at Ronceverte began to receive logs from Anthony's Creek by rail
Shannondale Springs was sold to H.C. Getzendanner
The New River Coal strike occurred
The Capitol City Lodge incorporated the Pythian Mutual Investment Fund
A constitutional amendment increased the Supreme Court of Appeals justices to five
The Interurban streetcar line reached Vienna
Vienna opened West Virginia's first country club
Ward Engineering Works built the James Rumsey for the U.S. Engineering Corp
H. Rus Warne and Charles G. Rabenstein established an architect firm
Fairmont Coal Company operated 28 mines and employed 6,067
The community of Addison receives the postal name of Webster Springs
A narrow-gauge railroad arrived at Webster Springs
Davis sold the West Virginia Central & Pittsburg(h) Railroad to the Gould interests
The Medical Society of West Virginia name changed to West Virginia State Medical Association
