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Bramwell
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1885
Flat Top Coal Company established its headquarters in Bramwell Other events that happened on or around 1885 Parents of Walter Aegerter, Gottfried and Marianna Dubach Aegerter, moved to Helvetia Sumner School in Parkersburg added high school courses to its curriculum for black students. Annie Bartlett married Leonidas Bartlett Belle Boyd married her third husband Nathaniel High The state song "The West Virginia Hills" written by Ellen Ruddell was put to music by Henry Everett Engle The Hale House burned down in Charleston The move of the capital to Charleston occurred Jacob Beeson Jackson left office as governor of West Virginia Frances Benjamin Johnston ended her studies in Paris at the Academie Julian One of the state's earliest telephone systems was installed in Weston John H. Lilly planted two or three oak trees that are still standing today John McGraw left as Taylor County prosecuting attorney The Berkeley Castle was built as a summer cottage The capital moved permanently back to Charleston aboard the Chesapeake and Belle Prince The former state capital was used for the Ohio County Courthouse Ohio Valley Trades and Labor Assembly moved its offices to Wheeling Christopher Payne established the West Virginia Enterprise. A new owner resumed mining at Ritchie Mines The Ruffner Hotel was built in Charleston The "West Virginia Mission" was organized under the Ohio conference Morris Shawkey entered business college I.C. White wrote an article in Science asserting his rediscovery of the anticlinal theory in the location of oil and gas Woodlawn was incorporated as a public cemetery
1888
Bramwell was incorporated as a town Other events that happened on or around 1888 Waitman Barbe wrote "The Song of the Centuries," his first important poem Arthur Boreman was elected to a circuit judgeship again Sheltering Arms Hospital opened Kanawha Gazette began regular daily publication Danske Dandridge wrote Joy and Other Poems Henry Gassaway Davis supported Benjamin Harrison for president Fayette County became West Virginia leading coal producing county Salem College was founded Devil Anse Hatfield moved his family from Tug Valley to Main Island Creek Hamilton Hatter received a bachelor's degree from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine Frank Hereford served as presidential elector The town of Hurricane was incorporated John Jacob left circuit judge to return to practicing law Harriet Jones became assistant superintendent of the state hospital in Weston Kanawha County became the state's second largest coal producer The Logan Banner was founded by Henry Clay Ragland Roger Saad became the first Lebanese immigrant to settle in Wheeling The Martinsburg & Potomac railroad was extended to Frederick County, Virginia The Kanawha & Ohio Railway completed a line from Charleston to Point Pleasant The Elkhorn Tunnel through Flat Top Mountain was completed Oakhurst Links was the home of the first regularly played golf tournament in the U.S. The Fetterman Mill was destroyed by a flood. Christopher Payne became first African American elected to represent West Virginia at the Republican national convention. Graham Hamrick preserved two female corpses as Phillipi mummies Livia Poffenbarger demanded the right to speak in support of a candidate at the state Democratic convention. Electricity generate from natural gas brought streetlights to Parkersburg Nathan Scott became a member of the Republican National Committee Senate president Robert Carr tried to assert the right to become governor after a disputed election Thomas J. Reynolds was born at Point Pleasant Callie Leach French became the first woman to obtain a pilot's license The Monongahela River flooded William Luke founded the Piedmont Pulp & Paper Company, later Westvaco H. C. Ogden came to Wheeling as a reporter for the Wheeling News H.C. Ogden came to Wheeling as a reporter for the News Albert White served as president of the National Editorial Association Mountain State Business College was established William H. Davis was nominated as an independent candidate for governor
1889
Bank of Bramwell opened Other events that happened on or around 1889 Sensational articles of the Hatfield-McCoy Feud by Theron C. Crawford published in New York B&O hauled 31% of nation's Tidewater-bound soft coal Bluefield incorporated as a town Matthew Clair graduated from Morgan College in Baltimore Downtown streets of Clarksburg lit up by electricity Cribs and booms located to direct logs into Coal River's main channel Elkins was founded Jack Glasscock managed Indianapolis Hoosiers baseball team for part of the year The membership of Post No.1 of General Army of the Republic peaked at 3,161 The first major outbreak of the gypsy moth occurred The Weekly Advertiser became a daily publication as the Advertiser Harold Houston graduated from Charleston High School Kenova founded by L. T. Peck The West Virginia Bureau of Labor was created by state legislature Daniel Lucas began serving as a justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals William MacCorkle left prosecuting attorney's office I.T. Mann had an apprenticeship at Greenbrier Valley Bank Alexander Martin left DePauw University Hu Maxwell wrote Idyls of the Golden Shore The first oil was discovered in Monongalia County Navigable slack water was extended to the Morgantown area Anticlinal theory of oil and gas location was developed by I. C. White of WVU The anticlinal theory of oil and gas location was first tested in Mannington Pennzoil was founded An iron truss bridge was built over the New River West Virginia apple production was at 4.5 million bushels William Nelson Page was president of Gauley Mountain Coal Charles Ritter moved to West Virginia Sheltering Arms Hospital saw its first patient All telephone exchanges in northern West Virginia were interconnected The legislature renamed the militia the West Virginia National Guard William Luke opened a pulp mill and incorporated the West Virginia Paper Company Albert White was appointed as internal revenue agent Emanuel Wilson advocated antitrust legislation and increased immigration into the state Major timbering began in Wyoming County Carrie Edwards married Abraham L. Williams
1909
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph dubbed Bramwell the "Coalfield Capital" Other events that happened on or around 1909 R. D. Bailey graduated from Valparaiso University in Indiana Waitman Barbe wrote Famous Poems Explained Broaddus Institute (now part of Alderson Broaddus University) moved from Clarksburg to Philippi Broaddus Institute (now Alderson-Broaddus College) moved from Clarksburg to Philippi Rosa Pelham returned to the castle The Birch Boom & Lumber Company built a sawmill near the mouth of Birch River West Virginia legislature created the Board of Control which consolidated management and fiscal control over West Virginia's institutions Sturdevant and Johnson's partnership ended, factory ceased operation and buildings torn down Camp Dawson was established Elegant seven-story Waldo Hotel opened West Virginia legislation prepared way for establishment of National Forest Reserve in Monongahela Legislature authorized the governor to appoint a Forest, Game and Fish Warden Consolidation Coal, Fairmont Coal and Somerset Coal companies combined into the Consolidation Coal Company Danske Dandridge wrote George Michael Bedinger, a Kentucky Pioneer Huntington annexed Central City Legislation called for forest protection and research and provided fines and imprisonment for owners who intentionally or carelessly set fires Sunday hunting and fishing was prohibited by legislature Michael Owens began his own company to manufacture bottles in Fairmont and Clarksburg Legislature appropriated funds to purchase Grave Creek Mound A receiving vault was built at Greenwood Cemetery Lincoln County destroyed by fire City of Weirton was founded by Weirton Steel Ernest T. Weir established Weirton Steel The broad-gauge Harrisville Southern Railroad began to run to Cornwallis The Herald-Dispatch began with the merger of the Herald and the Huntington Dispatch Only two county seats in West Virginia were connected by paved highways Legislature established the State Road Fund and the position of state commissioner of public roads Timber production in West Virginia reached its long-time record of 1.5 billion board feet The Jackson Iron & Tin Company relocated to Holiday Cove in Hancock County Garland Wilson was born in Martinsburg Dr. Hugh G. Nicholson leased the Barber Sanatorium and added a nursing school James Kay opened mines on Campbells Creek Keystone was incorporated George Kossuth opened his own photography studio Howard B. Lee began to practice law in Bluefield The Morgantown Republican merged with the New Dominion-News The first congregation of the Church of the Nazarene in West Virginia appeared in Martinsburg Pardee & Curtin opened a double-band sawmill at Hominy Falls. Princeton was chartered as a city The Virginian Railway was completed, the last entry into West Virginia's coalfields. Ritchie Mines were abandoned A second sawmill for St. Lawrence was built for Neola The hotel in Shannondale Springs burned down again Thomas C. Miller became administrator of Shepherd College The Pope Dock Company built Goldenrod A stone sculpture of a frontiersman was dedicated in memory of the Battle of Point Pleasant A steel strike in Wheeling failed Ernest Weir expanded the Phillips Sheet and Tin Plate Company from Clarksburg West Virginia tobacco production peaked at 14,400,000 pounds Fred Torrey enrolled at the Art Institute of Chicago T. C. Townsend first served as the state tax commissioner The name changed from Education Association of West Virginia to the State Education Association Byrd Prillerman became president of West Virginia Colored Institute (now West Virginia State University) The Western Maryland Railway company was organized White Sulphur Springs was incorporated as a town The Wirt County courthouse in Elizabeth burned down Completion of the Virginian Railway sparked an industrial boom in Mullens
Jan 07, 1910
A fire in Bramwell destroyed everything on Main Street from the train depot to Block Street with the exception of two buildings.
1983
Bramwell was named to the National Register of Historic Places Other events that happened on or around 1983 Gray Barker published MIB, The Terror Among Us Former Bloch Brothers Tobacco Company was bought by Helme Tobacco Company Jennings Boyd was inducted into the National High School Coaches Hall of Fame Charles Town Race Track sold to Rapid America Corporation Huttonsville Presbyterian Church celebrated its 100th anniversary W. E. "Ned" Chilton III gave a speech to Southern Newspaper Publishers Association Columbia Gas of West Virginia became Mountaineer Gas Company Little Jimmy Dickens was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame Running buffalo clover was rediscovered in West Virginia Even the Heavens Weep documentary was released by WPBY Fostoria Glass was sold to Lancaster Colony Corporation Greenwood Chapel was added to the Greenwood Cemetery in Wheeling Elizabeth Hallanan was appointed federal judge by President Ronald Reagan Farming ends within the original Irish Tract State Supreme Court ruling Pittsburgh Elevator Company v. West Virginia Board of Regents permitted the legislature to waive the state's sovereign immunity A study commission made its recommendation regarding legislation addressing the Mandolidis Decision A group of volunteers led by a West Virginia University professor George Longenecker formed West Virginia Botanic Garden, Inc. View Articles by Existing Key Dates or Specify Your Own Date Range |
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