Bluefield State University

Legislature established Bluefield Colored Institute (Bluefield State College) to train black teachers

There were 35 churches belonging to the African Methodist Episcopal denomination with 1,002 members in West Virginia

Hotel at Barger Springs opened to the public

The Carter Opera House, Beckley's first theater, opened

Florence Blanchfield graduated from the South Side Training School for Nurses in Pittsburgh

Stephen B. Elkins acquired Bretz

West Virginia Central & Pittsburg Railroad intersected by Coal & Coke Railroad

Charleston National Bank moved to Capitol Street

J. R. Clifford was chairman of committee on arrangement of the meeting of Niagara Movement

Explosion in Parral Mine killed 23

Collins and Whipple mines were sold to New River Company

Columbia Corporation formed to construct high pressure pipeline to West Virginia gas fields

Fleming-Watson family acquired control of Consolidation Coal Company

Wehrle B. Geary opened the Diamond Shoe Store

Country club moved to location in Edgewood section of Charleston

Fenton Art Glass Company built factory in Williamstown

Follansbee became a city

The First National Bank of Glenville and Glenville Banking and Trust Company were created

H.B. Moore was hired as the Greenbrier Presbyterial School headmaster and reintroduced military curriculum

Henry Hatfield was elected to the McDowell County court

Hamilton Hatter and much of the Bluefield Colored Institute (now Bluefield Stat College) faculty was replaced

The federal Antiquities Act was passed as first legislation aimed at protecting federally owned historic sites

The Hitchman Coal & Coke Company began notifying employees they could only be employed if they agreed not to join the UMWA

Interwoven Mills had 2,000 domestic accounts

Our Lady of Lebanon Church in Wheeling was founded

William Leigh took a train excursion to New Mexico

Madison was incorporated

The Mason College of Music and Fine Arts was founded in Charleston by Dr. William Sandheger "Sandy" Mason

Hu Maxwell and Richard E. Fast wrote The History and Government of West Virginia

Another courthouse struggle ensued in Mercer County

The Morgantown & Kingwood Railroad began running regular trains to Kingwood

Virgil A Lewis reported the motto "Montani Semper Liberi" was suggested by Joseph H. Diss Debar

The Morgantown News merged with the New Dominion to form the New Dominion-News

West Virginia's natural gas production exceed that of any other state

Calvin Price became the sole owner and editor of Pocahontas Times

19 cases of smallpox were reported in Hampshire County

Reported six Salvation Army corps in West Virginia

Morris Shawkey became superintendent of Kanawha County Schools

William A. MacCorkle founded the Kanawha Land Company

The Lewisburg & Ronceverte was built to the C&O

John Swint established the Apostolic Mission Band for the Wheeling Roman Catholic Diocese

The Ideal Glass Factory opened at West Union

West Virginia Wesleyan College name was adopted

A line connecting the Western Maryland and West Virginia Central was completed

The New River Company bought Fayette County mines including Whipple

Carter Woodson travelled around the world

The State Bridge Commission was created by the legislature

Legislature created the West Virginia Library Commission

The legislature added forestry back to the agency, creating the West Virginia Game, Fish and Forestry Commission

The Charleston Art Association was founded by Arthur Dayton

Ernest Bavely became the Thespians' national secretary

Charles Bache and Linton Satterwaite Jr. published findings from excavation of Beech Bottom Mound in the Museum Journal

Hundred won unclassified state high school basketball tournament against all

William Blenko decided diversification was the key to survival

Walter Barnes wrote English for American High Schools

John Peale Bishop published Many Thousands Gone

Van Bittner organized miners on Scotts Run

Bill Blizzard led the UMWA's struggle against Keeney's West Virginia Mine Workers Union

Joseph Harned published Wild Flowers of the Alleghenies

Izetta Jewell Brown became the commissioner of public welfare in Schenectady

Oliver Chitwood published History of Colonial America

Concord gained full accreditation

Concord's name was changed to Concord State Teachers College, now Concord University

Bruce Crawford traveled to Harlan County, Kentucky, as part of writer's group investigation

Julia Davis wrote Stonewall

A decline in membership left only 40 churches belonging to the African Methodist Episcopal denomination

Death of William G. Baldwin

Walter Barnes wrote The Photoplay as Literature Art

William "Wally" Barron married Opal Marie Wilcox

Betty Bartholomew earned a teaching certificate and A.B. in botany from WVU

Charleston and Huntington remained the only West Virginia cities in the Middle Atlantic League of baseball

The state purchased the initial three tracts of land to form Bear Rock Lakes near Wheeling

Van Bittner became Midwestern director of the Committee on Industrial Organization's campaign to unionize steel workers

Matthew Wesley Clair, Sr. retired as bishop of the Midwest black conferences of the Methodist Episcopals

Elsie Clapp left Arthurdale

Artist Ellie Schaul was born in Cambridge, Massachussetts

Allied Artists of West Virginia's first juried art exhibit

Walter Barnes wrote Contemporary Children's Poetry

Betty Bartholomew began working for WVU's botany department

Golfer Sam Snead played an exhibition match at Black Knight Country Club, Beckley

Maurice Brooks began teaching wildlife management at WVU

The Civilian Conservation Corps Company 1558V moved into Camp Anthony Wayne, now Cabwaylingo State Forest.

Plumbing and electricity was extended throughout Capon Springs Resort

William "Gabe" Devon erected "The World's Largest Teapot" on Carolina Avenue in Chester

Curly Cline became one of the most significant bluegrass fiddlers from West Virginia

Floodwall in Huntington began construction

The Greenbrier State Forest was created

Roy Lee Harmon wrote Hillbilly Ballads

Holly River State Park was created under the management of the State Conservation Commissions

The Short Ballot Amendment was proposed

Gov. Homer Holt supported the Short Ballot Amendment to the state constitution

William "Wally" Barron enlisted in the U.S. Army

Great Britain recognized black lung as compensatory injury

Blakeley was purchased and rehabilitated by Raymond J. Funkhouser

Florence Blanchfield succeeded Col. Julia Flikke as Colonel

Work suspended on Bluestone Dam because of WWII

Sawmill at Cass sold to Mower Lumber Company of Charleston

James B. Griffin described the Clover Archiological Site in The Fort Ancient Aspect

Name changed from Concord State Teachers College to Concord College

Artemus "A.W." Cox began serving as president of the board of trustees of Morris Harvey College

Fairmont State Teachers College became Fairmont State College

Floodwall in Huntington was completed

Construction of the Science Hall at Glenville State College was completed

Legislature changed the name from Glenville State Teachers College to Glenville State College

Alberta Pierson Hannum wrote The Mountain People

James Lowell McPherson succeeded Roy Lee Harmon as poet laureate of West Virginia

The Concord College He-Man Club did not meet during the war years

Standard Oil combined its gas subsidiaries under Consolidated Natural Gas

Jehovah's Witnesses won the U.S. Supreme Court decision in West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette

Johnnie Johnson entered the Marines as one of the first African-Americans admitted to the Corps

Howard B. Lee retired from law practice

Clara Johnson became the executive secretary of the Library Commission

Jack Maurice served in the U.S. Navy Reserve

Ken and Faith Reynolds McClain bought the Parsons Advocate Newspaper

Frank McEnteer was made chief engineer of the construction division of the U.S. armed forces in the Middle East

Clarence Meadows was elected to a full term as 10th Circuit judge

Arch A. Moore Jr. served as an army infantryman

Raleigh County experienced its peak output of coal production during World War II.

Alex Schoenbaum settled in Charleston

Legislature authorized a return to the name Shepherd College

Joe Stydahar joined the navy

Festus Summers became president of the West Virginia Historical Society

Construction began on Thomas Memorial Hospital in South Charleston

Navy assigned the name Huntington to another cruiser

Legislature changed the name of West Liberty State Teachers College to West Liberty State College

Florence Blanchfield became superintendent of the Army Nurse Corps

WSAZ radio affiliated with the Blue Network

Frankie Yankovic enlisted in the Army

Jonah Edward Kelley was drafted into the army

Federal government sold Arthurdale homes and community building to the homesteaders

West Virginia Aeronautics Commission formed

Florence Blanchfield retired

Jesse Bloch's son, Thomas, became president of Bloch Brothers Tobacco Company

Business affairs for WVU and state colleges was transferred to WVU Board of Governors and State Board of Education

Tony Boyle was brought to Washington as assistant to UMW President John L. Lewis

Harry Brawley won an award for the "School of the Air" series

Carter Coal Company sold to Youngstown Sheet & Tube

Western Maryland Railroad took possession of the Cheat Mountain Club

American Cyanamid built plant near Willow Island

Levi Johnson Dean had 139 architectural commissions

Coal production peaked with 174 million tons

Jack Fleming began announcing for WVU sports

Harry B. Heflin became the third president of Glenville State College

"Biggie" Goldberg led the Chicago Cardinals to the NFL Championship

The Greene Line acquired the Delta Queen

Louis W. Chappell recorded Edden Hammons at Richwood Hotel

Voters approved a city charter for the Weirton

Alberta Pierson Hannum wrote Roseanna McCoy

Ken Hechler began teaching at Princeton University

Marshall won the NAIB national basketball tournament in Kansas City

Homer Holt became general counsel for the Union Carbide company in New York City

The Huttonsville Correctional Center became a separate institution from the state penitentiary at Moundsville

The West Virginia Conservation Commission constructed a dam and bridge at the Jug of Middle Island Creek, restoring water to the original channel

Wertz Field in Institute received modern facilities at Kanawha (Yeager) Airport

Supreme Court ruling West Virginia-Pittsburgh Coal Company v. Strong limited surface mining

The West Virginia League of Women Voters was recognized by the national office

Operation of all locks and dams except Lock and Dam No 1 on the Big Sandy was discontinued

Elli Mannette had perfected a steel drum with two octaves of a diatonic scale

Jacob Rader Marcus established the American Jewish Archives

Dan Maroney became a bus driver for the Charleston Transit Company

Mildred Mitchell married William L. Bateman

Mildred Mitchell-Bateman was accepted a position as staff physician at Lakin State Hospital

Morgantown annexed part of Evansdale

The Pence Springs property containing the original spring, hotel and fields were purchased by the state of West Virginia for use as a state prison for women

Women prisoners from Moundsville Penitentiary were transferred to women's penitentiary in Pence Springs

The Nazarene Camp and Conference ground was established at Summersville

WPDX Clarksburg began competing with WMMN Fairmont for country music audience

Alex Schoenbaum opened the Parkette Drive-In and Bowling Alley in the west side of Charleston

Oliver S. Ikenberry became president of Shepherd College

Hulett Smith began serving on the state Aeronautics Commission.

Marshall College (now University) won the National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball Championship

Miles Stanley became the president of his steelworkers union local

An additional appropriation of $60,000 to build the State Police Academy was obtained from legislature

Edward W. Stifel Sr. died

The Co-operative Transit Company ceased streetcar operations in Wheeling area

City Lines of West Virginia ceased streetcar operations in north-central West Virginia

Surface mining production reached 18.4 million tons

Union Carbide purchased the Institute butadiene, styrene and support facilities to convert to chemical plants

Reported 14,510 people were employed in textile-related jobs in West Virginia

The University of Hard Knocks was conceived by Jim Comstock

Andre Van Damme and family moved to America

Vitrolite ceased production

Enrollment at West Virginia State College was 1,785 students

The West Virginia Turnpike Commission was created by legislature

The Nickel Plate Railroad purchased a majority of the Wheeling & Lake Erie

Henry Mazer became conductor of the Wheeling Symphony

Doc Williams had a major hit, "Beyond the Sunset"

Florence Blanchfield ceased as superintendent of the Army Nurse Corps

Sam Jones joined the Cleveland Buckeyes of the Negro American League

Buck Harless became part owner of a lumber company

Toni Stone played for the semi-pro Twin Cities Colored Giants

Raleigh County Memorial Airport built

Charleston baseball joined the American Association, class AAA

The Lilly Brothers of Raleigh County relocated to Boston

Widen was scene of fatal labor confrontation

Consolidated Bus Lines traveled 5,873,468 miles

Virginia Ruth "Dagmar" Egnor began own variety show, Dagmar's Canteen

John W. Davis argued for the continuation of racial segregation in South Carolina before the U.S. Supreme Court Briggs v. Elliot, later Brown v. Board of Education

John Warren Davis accepted a U.S. government appointment in Liberia

A wing to the Denmar Hospital building was completed

Fairmont State College president George W. Hand lost his position by refusing to fire Luella Raab Mundell

Ann Kathryn Flagg resigned her teaching position at Dunbar High School in Fairmont and became director of Children's Theater in Cleveland

U.S. Forest Service published reports on West Virginia Forests

Report stated that 64% of the state was forested

Gunner Gatski earned All-Pro honors in football

The Health and Physical Education Building at Glenville State College was dedicated

Original Mound Museum opened at Grave Creek Mound

K. K. Hall became circuit judge of West Virginia's 25th Judicial Circuit

Joseph Hodges was made an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Richmond

Johnnie Johnson moved to St. Louis and hired Chuck Berry to be in the Johnnie Johnson Trio

The 167th Fighter Squadron returned to West Virginia

The current number of members was established for the House of Delegates

The Wheeling Downs racetrack and other assets of Big Bill Lias were seized by the federal government

Library service was improved with creation of regional library systems

Hobert Skidmore wrote The Years Are Even

Lock No. 1 on the Big Sandy was closed

Walter Martens became a fellow of the American Institute of Architects, a distinctive honor

The Toledo & Ohio Central Railroad was merged into the New York Central System

Walter Reuther was elected president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations

Jack Rollins wrote "Smokey the Bear"

WVU's Mark Workman became All-American in basketball

Jim Sprouse began serving with the Central Intelligence Agency

Spruce Knob Lake was constructed as a fishing lake

P. D. Strausbaugh published Part One of Flora of West Virginia

Planning for Sutton Dam was suspended because of Korean War

WSAZ-TV in Huntington became channel 3

S. A. Abram began redevelopment of the old seminary grounds at Hilltop, near Oak Hill in Fayette County

The Bluestone Dam and Lake was completed

A strike at Widen occurred

Virginia Mae Brown was named West Virginia’s first woman assistant attorney general

Reorganization changed name from AG&E back to Appalachian Power

Ruby Bradley became a colonel

Elk River Coal & Lumber Company was sold to Clinchfield Coal Company

Clarksburg Park Board developed Buffalo Lake into a public recreation area

Dale Brooks released "The Ambridge Boogie" on Cozy Records

Phyllis Curtin sang Susannah at the Brussels World's Fair

Phyllis Curtin sang with the Charleston Symphony Opera

Ellis Dungan returned to the Ohio Valley, settling in Wheeling

State superintendent of schools became a Board of Education appointee

National Radio Quiet Zone surrounding Green Bank observatory was established by the Federal Communications Commission

Jack Fleming became announcer for the Pittsburgh Steelers

Follansbee rolling and annealing facilities were sold to Wheeling Steel

"Biggie" Goldberg was elected to the NFL Hall of Fame and the West Virginia Sports Writers Hall of Fame

Davis Grubb wrote The Watchman

Alberta Pierson Hannum wrote Paint the Wind

Chuck Howley was drafted by the Chicago Bears

The school year was interrupted by an anti-integration school bombing at Osage near Morgantown

A new dormitory was constructed at Marshall College (now University)

The need for local graduate education was articulated by officials at Union Carbide Corporation and other Kanawha Valley chemical concerns, and Kanawha Valley Graduate Center was founded

John Matheus retired from West Virginia State College (now University)

Jack Maurice won the Sigma Delta Chi award for editorial writing

The McClain Printing Company was incorporated

McClain Printing Company published its first book, Chronicles of Border Warfare by Alexander Scott Withers

Mildred Mitchell-Bateman became superintendent of the Lakin State Hospital

Moncove Public Hunting and Fishing area was purchased by the West Virginia Conservation Commission

Ohio Valley Speedway was built

Construction on the National Radio Astronomy Observatory began at Green Bank

Marble King Factory moved to Paden City

Jennings Randolph flew from Morgantown to Washington on a plane fueled with gasoline made from West Virginia coal

William Revercomb left U.S. Senate, defeated by Robert C. Byrd

Leonard Riggleman led Morris Harvey to accreditation

Fred Schaus guided WVU's basketball team to a No. 1 national ranking at the end of the regular season

Festus Summers co-authored with Charles Ambler the second edition of West Virginia: The Mountain State

Morris Harvey College (now University of Charleston) was accredited by the North Central Accreditation Agency

Jerry West played on the WVU team that finished No.1 in the nation

Jerry West was a second-team All-American in basketball

West Virginia Yesterday and Today was adopted as a state textbook

The West Virginia turnpike was included in the Interstate highway system

A water ski show moved from Tennessee to Hinton

Aunt Jennie Wilson was discovered by Patrick Gainer

Elizabeth Gilmore helped organize the Charleston chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

The Centennial year closed and virtually all elements of the program had been successfully completed

Patch Adams spent two weeks in a psychiatric facility for depression

President's Appalachian Regional Commission (PARC) recommendations sent to President Johnson

Appalachian Hospital network saved by the Board of National Missions of the United Presbyterian Church

Appalachian Volunteers organized

Only 417 nesting pairs of bald eagles could be found in the U.S.

W. E. Blackhurst published Sawdust in Your Eyes

W. E. Blackhurst was the first commentator for the Cass Scenic Railroad

Florence Blanchfield received the West Virginia Distinguished Service Medal

Tony Boyle was elected president of the UMWA

Ruby Bradley retired from the army

Elk River Coal & Lumber Company sold its sawmill at Swandale to Georgia-Pacific

Expansion of Cabell Huntington Hospital increased the size to 280 beds and 48 bassinets

Centennial Golden Trout received first widespread stocking

Mower Lumber Company purchased Cheat Mountain Club

Jim Comstock ran for unsuccessfully for Congress

Phyllis Curtin sang at the meeting of the Music Educators National Conference in Charleston

Julius DeGruyter wrote A Brief History of Kanawha County and the Kanawha Region

Dolores Dowling became secretary and administrative assistant of the Veterans Administration regional office in Huntington

Thomson Newspapers of Canada purchased all three Fairmont papers

Ann Flagg returned to teaching at Evanston Consolidated School District and Southern Illinois University

The department led the effort to organize a crafts fair at Cedar Lakes

The book, Mountain Heritage was published

Patrick Gainer published The West Virginia Centennial Song Book of 100 Songs

Patrick Gainer recorded Folk Songs of the Allegheny Mountains for Folk Heritage Recordings

Earl Andrews became president of the Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corporation at Berkeley Springs

Legislature authorized counties to cooperate with local governments and the federal government

Land on Maryland Heights was added to the Harpers Ferry National Historic Park

The widows of Edward and Walker Long and William D. Brike took charge of Huntington Newspaper Publishing

Charles Hodel was named to the West Virginia Press Association's Hall of Fame

The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals who ruled in State ex rel. Slatton v. Boles that the state policy is to "protect and reclaim juveniles" and will be treated as delinquents rather than criminals

Kanawha Records began to record authentic indigenous mountain music as performed by contemporary West Virginia musicians

Reynolds Memorial Hospital opened a new facility in Glen Dale

The National Youth Science Camp was founded in Pocahontas County

The West Virginia Chapter of Nature Conservancy was founded by volunteers

The Greenbrier Historical society re-formed after disbanding during the Civil War

New buildings of the Ohio Valley College (now University) were occupied on a permanent campus

The Libbey-Owens-Ford glass bottle plant closed in Charleston

Jim Comstock found a preserved baby and the two female mummies in a barn in Philippi.

The West Virginia Centennial showboat, Rhododendron, plied the Kanawha, Ohio and Monongahela Rivers

Spanky Roberts was assigned to Griffis Air Force base

The St. Albans Archeological Site was first identified by Samuel D. Kessel

Salem College received full accreditation by the North Central Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges

Devid Selby married Claudeis "Chip" Newman

WVU Rod Thorn became All-American in basketball

Boyd Stutler published West Virginia in the Civil War

Legislation to protect the environment from surface mining was enacted

Rod Thorn became the second pick in the first round of the NBA draft and went to Baltimore Bullets

The Unitarian Universalist church in Morgantown was built

The VISTAs (Volunteers in Service to America) began

Geoffrey Hobday left the Charleston Symphony Orchestra

The Charleston Symphony Orchestra was led by a season of guest conductors

The first Water Festival was held at Hinton

Billy Edd Wheeler recorded "Coal Tattoo"

Wheeling Hospital set up the first intensive care unit in West Virginia

The Shott brothers revived their WHAJ-FM

The Widen mine and railroad ceased operation

WVU at Parkersburg became the first of WVU's Appalachian Centers

A naval radio station was established at Sugar Grove

Ellie Schaul helped decorate the Centennial Showboat Rhododendron

Development of West Virginia's Appalachian Corridor highways began

Appalachian Regional Commission established by Congress

President Johnson's War on Poverty began

Charleston joins Morgantown and Huntington as alternating site of state high school basketball tournament

George Hodel became president of Beckley Newspapers

Bens Run Earthworks officially recorded by the Archeology Section of the West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey

W. E. Blackhurst published Of Men and A Mighty Mountain

Weldon Boone wrote A History of Botany in West Virginia

Maurice Brooks published The Appalachians

Harry F. Byrd retired from the Senate

Governor Smith signed bill to end death penalty in West Virginia

Franklin Cleckley earned a J.D. from Indiana University

Arden Cogar exhibited his wood chopping at New York World's Fair

Diamond Department Store built a $1 million addition to its Charleston building

Pete Everest became brigadier general

African-American State Farm and Homemakers Council voted to join the West Virginia Homemakers Council

Gertrude Humphrey left WVU Extension work

One-volume edition of Flora of West Virginia was published

Ruth Ann Musick published The Telltale Lilac Bush

Ruel Foster wrote Jesse Stuart

Per capita personal income in West Virginia was 76% of national average

The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation made its first discretionary grant, to Morris Harvey College (now University of Charleston)

State Route 150, the Highland Scenic Highway, began construction

The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) was established

Hope Natural Gas Company and New York State Natural Gas Corporation merged to form Consolidated Gas Supply Corporation

Hopemont Sanitarium became a personal care center

Blasingame Report recommending improved library service was completed

The West Virginia Library Commission launched an ambitious library construction project

A joint committee was created to study and survey matters of government, finance, and claims against the state and make recommendations to the full legislature

The Logan Banner was sold to a Tennessee publishing company

Marco mascot first began showing up at Marshall University events

Dan Maroney was elected a vice president in the Amalgamated Transit Union

Paul Marshall stopped working at Libbey-Owens-Ford in Kanawha City

Morgantown Glassware Guild was purchased by Fostoria Glass

Mount Storm Lake was built to supply water for steam generation at coal-fired power plant

Mylan Pharmaceuticals moved to Morgantown

The last coke-making operation in the New River Gorge closed at Sewell

Delf Norona became the first recipient of the Sigfus Olafson Award for his outstanding contributions to the West Virginia archeology

E. Lewis Case became president of Ohio Valley College (now Ohio Valley University)

Ohio Valley College (now University) was accredited by the state of West Virginia

Congress created the 100,000 acre Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area.

Jack Rollins moved to Cincinnati

The Soupy Sales Show first debuted nationally

Burl Sawyers resigned as state roads commissioner under indictment

Charles Town Race Track installed lighting

Smoke Hole became part of the Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area

Red Sovine wrote "Giddyup Go"

Miles Stanley was selected as personal assistant to AFL-CIO President George Meany

Fred Torrey made a bust of John F. Kennedy

U.S. combat troops first deployed in the Vietnam War

The War on Poverty was scaled back due to the escalation of the Vietnam War

Don West came to West Virginia and established the Appalachian South Folklife Center

Charles Schiff became conductor of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra

The United Methodist conference merged the Andrews Methodist Episcopal congregation in Grafton with St. Paul's Methodist and West Main Street Methodist churches, forming the Church of the Good Shepherd.

The facility later housing the Anthony Correctional Center was completed and first used as Job Corps Center

A new gymnasium was finished at Bluefield State College (now University)

Jennings Boyd became head basketball coach at Northfork High School

Cathedral State Park was entered in the National Registry of Natural Landmarks

Bernard Coffindaffer divorced his wife

Keith Ham met Swami Prabhupada, the founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness

Small group of miners at Montgomery formed the Black Lung Association

Alderson-Broaddus College (now University) established the first baccalaureate physician assistant program in the country

Work began at Hungington Museum of Art on a wing designed by Walter Gropius

Greenbrier Valley Airport, Lewisburg, built

Another 36 acres was added to Bear Rock Lakes

Interstate 81 was completed

UMWA President Tommy Boyle supported a campaign for black lung recognition at the state level

Ivor Boiarsky was elected speaker of the House of Delegates

J. Lawrence Smith wrote The Potomac Naturalist

Connie Smith began concentrating on gospel music

The Apple Butter Festival was founded in Berkeley Springs

Augusta Heritage Center was begun by a group of Randolph County women

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

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

Clarksburg opened a new public library designed by Marcel Breuer

William "Wally" Barron was released from prison

Birch River was included in the State Natural Streams Preservation Act

Bretz coke ovens and mining plant were placed on the National Register of Historic Places

Shelley Moore Capito earned B.S. from Duke University

City National Bank assets at $37.4 million

Tim Pyles hired by the Bureau of Vocational Education to revitalize the crafts education program

Elvis Presley stayed in Daniel Boone Hotel when visiting Charleston

Little Jimmy Dickens rejoined the Grand Ole Opry

Congress designated the Dolly Sods Wilderness and Scenic Area

Easton Roller Mill was surveyed by the Historic American Engineering Record

Glade Creek gristmill completed

The spring pavilion was renovated at Barger Springs

Girls' state high school basketball tournament revived after dying off in the 1920s

Beckley Newspapers Corporation was sold to Clay Communications

Jennings Boyd named West Virginia Coach of the Year

Cabell Huntington Hospital expanded for the second time

Gaston Caperton was elected president of the McDonough-Caperton-Shepherd insurance company

Shelley Moore Capito earned M.A. from University of Virginia

Lou Austin died

French Carpenter record Elzic's Farewell is released

Shenandoah Downs closed

Buildings of McMillan Hospital were demolished in Charleston

Picnic shelters, restrooms, restaurant and amphitheater were added at Chief Logan State Park

Bernard Coffindaffer married June Woodrum

Cogar Arden set the world record for standing chopping a 10-inch yellow poplar in 16.2 seconds

Merger of Bluefield State College and Concord College ended

The Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) was created

Phyllis Curtin was invited to White House to sing for West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt

Julius DeGruyter wrote a second volume of the Kanawha Spectator

George Snyder received a MFA from University of North Carolina

Burnsville Dam placed in operation

Old Main Hall at Alderson-Broaddus College (now University) was destroyed by fire

The board changed the name to Appalachian Bible College

Appalachian Regional Hospitals closing of Man hospital

Congress deregulated airline industry and government subsidies were eliminated

Beech Fork Lake was opened to the public

General Cigar and Tobacco Company became a division of Culbro

The Johnson Mountain Boys bluegrass band was founded

Gale Catlett became head coach at WVU

Augusta acquired and hosted by Davis & Elkins College

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

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

First Annual Conference on West Virginia's Black History hosted by First Baptist Church of Charleston

Appalachian Craftsmen, Inc. closed

Princeton joined the Appalachian Rookie League in baseball

Another 43 acres was added to Bear Rock Lakes

Pinckney Benedict Received M.F.A from Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa

Gassaway depot was closed by CSX

West Virginia was forced to reimburse $9.5 million to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for Buffalo Creek Flood recovery work

Cabell Huntington Hospital Inc. became the new corporation governing the hospital

Third generation took over Capon Springs Resort

Alderson-Broaddus College (now University) temporarily lost accreditation of its Physician Assistant Program

The state bought the Anthony Correctional Center property

Gray Barker was the subject of Ralph Coon video, Whispers from Space

Davis Child Shelter moved to new facility near airport

Orval Brown entered veterans' hospital in Beckley

Columbia reemerged from bankruptcy after reforming gas supply contracts

The bald eagle's status was changed from endangered to threatened

The Mountaineer was released by John Nakashima

Jeff Hostetler left the Oakland Raiders

West Virginia became the nation's second-leading coal producer

The Blackwater Chronicle was reissued by the West Virginia University Press

Hatfield-McCoy Trail for all-terrain vehicles opened

Robert C. Byrd took a stand against Bush administration's call for war on Iraq

Allegheny Energy Company transferred 12,000 acres to the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge

Redistricting had reduced 2nd Congressional district to 18 counties

Gale Catlett retired

Clarksburg's newspapers combined into one paper the Exponent Telegram

Stephen Coonts wrote Saucer

Appalachian Power Company reverted to that name while remaing part of AEP

16 active bald eagle nests observed in West Virginia

A park was opened at Burning Springs

Nanya Friend named publisher of the Charleston Daily Mail

Bank One purchased by JP Morgan Chase

Mayflower vehicle systems was purchased by Union Stamping and Assembly

Flexsys closed the Monsanto plant

Hampshire County celebrated its 250th anniversary

Fairmont State College became Fairmont State University

Win a Date with Tad Hamilton was filmed in Fayetteville

A professorship was established in the name of Charles Haden at WVU law school