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1849
The Wheeling tannery was founded by John G. Hoffman Other events that happened on or around 1849 Alfred Beckley was appointed a militia general The Buffalo Academy was founded Alexander Campbell elected president of the American Christian Missionary Society Baltimore investors built Mountain House at Capon Springs First national convention of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) denomination General Assembly authorized development of plans for improvements to make Coal River more navigable John Gallaher was named auditor for the U.S. Treasury by President Zachary Taylor Guyandotte was officially incorporated City of New Cumberland received its charter from Virginia Frank Hereford moved to California where he practiced law John Jay Jackson Jr. served as prosecuting attorney of Ritchie County Cummins Jackson died in California John Jacob obtained a B.A. from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania The first Jewish community established a religious congregation in Wheeling William C. Kelly was born Construction on the B&O line Kingwood Tunnel began George Latham moved to Taylor County The Guyandotte Navigation Company was incorporated by the state of Virginia The National Hotel was built in Martinsburg Randolph McCoy married his cousin Sarah McCoy Alexander Creel bought back land he had previously sold and established the city of St. Marys Samuel Price was reelected to the House of Delegates. William Miller died Lydia Shepherd denied that Betty Zane made the famous gunpowder run to save Fort Henry, claiming it was Molly Scott Patrick Donahue was born Work began on the Weston & Gauley Bridge Turnpike Wheeling had free public schools Winfield was laid out A brick courthouse was completed at Winfield
1870
There were 178 tanneries in West Virginia Other events that happened on or around 1870 Celebration staged in Parkersburg after ratification of the 15th Amendment Railroad magnate Collis P. Huntington located the western terminus of Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad in present Huntington Cheat River declared a public highway Claymont Court mansion (Jefferson County) was advertised for sale by Bushrod Corbin Washington's grandson Henry Gassaway Davis helped lead the Democrats in for their control over the state Marmaduke Dent received B.A from WVU Joseph Diss Debar produced The West Virginia Hand-Book and Immigrant's Guide Alexander Donaghho came to Parkersburg Fayetteville population jumped to 6,647 Thaddeus Mortimer Fowler began his map-making trips Camp Straton United Confederate Veterans began controlling Logan County polices German immigration increased during the Franco-Prussian War John Hale started the first steam ferry at Charleston John Hale was a leader in having the state capital moved to Charleston Literary Hall was built in Romney The West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind was established in Romney John Henry began working as a steel driver during the construction of the Big Bend (Great Bend) Tunnel The state was reported to have 2,270 schools Investment in manufacturing began increasing Immigrants from Switzerland settled in the area of Holly River George Imboden moved to Fayette County Jacob Jackson became Wood County's prosecuting attorney A proposed waterway between Tidewater Virginia and Rocky Mountains was proposed to Congress by Waitman T. Willey The capital was moved from Wheeling to Charleston Henry Clay Dickinson became president of Kanawha Valley Bank James Kay arrived in Charleston John Kenna was admitted to the bar Crosscut saws replaced the ax as the preferred tool for felling trees Marshall College added a new brick addition at the west end of the existing building John Nuttall bought coal lands on New River The Flick Amendment was introduced Petersburg became the county seat of Grant County Henry Ragland moved to Wayne County. Alexander Reynolds began serving in Egypt Literary Hall was built by the Literary Society in Romney Cecil Clay of Philadelphia began timber purchases in Greenbrier Valley William Stevenson was defeated for second term as governor The Daily Sentinel became the Taylor County newspaper The town of Volcano was founded Wayne County population was at 7,852 WesBanco was founded as German Bank Legislature voted for additional buildings at Weston State Hospital The Potomac River flooded The Shenandoah River flooded
1876
The Wheeling firm, Wheeling Centre Tannery, became known as J. G. Hoffman and Sons Other events that happened on or around 1876 Booker T. Washington graduated from Hampton Normal Institute in Virginia and returned to teach Sunday school at the African Zion Baptist Church Edward Willis moved the Broaddus Female College (now part of Alderson Broaddus University) to Clarksburg Cumberland Valley Railroad reached Martinsburg Joseph Beury left Quinnimont Benjamin C. Criswell won the Congressional Medal of Honor at the Battle of Little Big Horn James Putney died Henry Koontz died and Easton Roller Mill was taken over by the Anderson family The Grange had 378 lodges and 10,700 members in West Virginia Jedediah Hotchkiss' Virginia: A Geographical and Political Summary was published for the Virginia legislature The impeachment trial of John Burdett in the Senate removed him from office of Treasurer Maurice Sullivan sold his land atop Irish Mountain to J. J. Kane for a church and cemetery Jackson's Mill was sold outside the Jackson family after the death of Catherin Jackson White Kudzu was first introduced in the U.S. at Philadelphia trade exposition as an ornamental George Wesley Atkinson wrote The History of Kanawha County George Wesley Atkinson wrote The History of Kanawha County The new Berkeley Hotel opened in Martinsburg John McGraw received a law degree at Yale University The New Dominion was established by Julian Fleming and William Jacos The second courthouse in Elizabethtown was built New Cumberland's first newspaper, The Independent began publication Samuel Price unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Senate. Daniel Purinton married Florence A. Lyon. William MacCorkle came to West Virginia to teach in Pocahontas County. Nathan Scott became the president of Central Glass Company Robert Simmons was a delegate to the Republican national convention Alexander Wade held his first exams A cabin built by "Uncle Doc" Smith replaced the original Watters Smith cabin in southern Harrison County Originally called "New Hall," Woodburn Hall was completed at WVU I.C. White began working for the Pennsylvania Geological Survey
1893
Pittsburgh's William Flaccus and Son bought a tannery along the Buckhannon River Other events that happened on or around 1893 Robert A. Spencer acquired the paper and renamed in the Raleigh Register. Bluefield had two newspapers, the Bluefield Telegraph and the Daily Journal The Journal ceased daily publication F.R. Swann began published Charleston Evening Mail Clarence Wayland Watson founded the Briar Hill Coal Company Justus Collins opened Collins Colliery and the Greenbrier Coal & Coke William Conley earned a law degree from WVU John Dickinson moved to Charleston from Malden Samuel Dixon and partner organized the MacDonald mine The first Douglass High School graduated its first high school class Legislature provided for two levels of teacher certificates Aretas Fleming returned to practicing law Henry Harrison Hunter won blue ribbon at World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago for quality of sand he mined and processed Graceland was completed The Great Bend Tunnel was lined with brick arching Joseph Harvey Long arrived in Huntington to buy the Herald John Jeremiah Jacob died and was buried in Indian Mound Cemetery Chicago World's Fair has a West Virginia state exhibit John Joseph Kain left the Diocese of Wheeling to become Archbishop of St. Louis John Q. Dickinson moved Kanawha Valley Bank into a substantial new building Virgil Lewis was awarded an M.A. in history from WVU The N&W Railroad built its main line along the Big Sandy River Joseph Long moved to Huntington to buy the Herald Daniel Lucas left the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Uncle Jack McElwain won a fiddle contest at the Chicago World's Fair Bill McKell built his home at Glen Jean Johnson Camden McKinley moved to Wheeling C. F. Millspaugh left WVU to become curator of botany at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago High-quality semibitumious coal from Davis' Big Vein was displayed at the Chicago World's Fair Sistersville became the nation's premier oil-field boom town Henry Schmulbach opened his Wheeling inclined railway to riders William Edwin Chilton became secretary of sate Telephone switchboards were installed at Bluefield The city of Parsons was incorporated Charles Ward's boilers were showcased at the Chicago World's Fair Ward Engineering Works built the Mascot for the U.S. Engineering Corp Clarence W. Watson joined his father and brothers in the mining enterprises Chitwood Hall was completed at WVU The earliest Whipple Company Store was constructed in Glen Jean for Collins Colliery Company The country began an economic depression The Woodson family moved to Huntington
1935
The Buckhannon tannery burned down Other events that happened on or around 1935 Pare Lorentz was contracted by the U.S. Resettlement Administration to create a motion picture about the New Deal James Allen took over as president of Marshall College (now University) Walter Martens designed the Cavalier and Belvedere Apartments in Charleston Walter L. "Bill" Hart became editor of the Dominion-News The National Historic Landmarks program was authorized The Social Security law was passed Nylon was invented in DuPont laboratory in Delaware The Wheeling Daily News merged with Wheeling Register to form the Wheeling News-Register Potomac State College was placed under the management of the Board of Governors of West Virginia University The law was amended to give the PSC more control over utility expansion, construction, and self-dealing The Elkins-Randolph County Airport was completed Nat Reese's family moved to Princeton The showboat Omar was originally launched by the Ohio River Company of Cincinnati Benjamin Rosenbloom began serving as Wheeling's vice mayor The property of the Charleston Interurban Railroad was bought by Charleston Transit Company The U.S. Rivers and Harbors Act was passed Construction on the Tygart Dam began The First National Bank of Parkersburg was one of the largest national bank in West Virginia Arthur B. Waugh won the Pulitzer Prize in journalism Vienna was incorporated as a city Libbey-Owens-Ford bought the Vitrolite Company Camp Will Rogers was opened by the Civilian Conservation Corps Pennsylvania Central Airlines began service at Wertz Airport Paul N. Elbin became president of West Liberty State College Innis C. Davis became state historian and archivist Supporters of industrial unionism organized the Committee for Industrial Organization WHIS increased to 500 watts WMMN increased to 1,000 watts and became an important outlet for country and western music performers Portuguese neurologist Egas Moniz pioneered the leucotomy, a radical form of brain surgery
1951
The Paw Paw Tunnel was shut down Other events that happened on or around 1951 Woodford Sutherland killed after training flight when his parked P-51 was hit by another Akro Agate Company ceased production Clair Bee ended his college coaching career at Long Island University after the point-shaving scandals that devastated college basketball Florence Blanchfield received the International Red Cross's Florence Nightingale Medal Harry Atlee Burdette and Fred Clifford Painter first to be put to death via electric chair in West Virginia Charleston Memorial Hospital dedicated with 129 beds Air Force ROTC program was established at Davis & Elkins College Fiestaware colors forest green, rose, chartreuse, and grey were introduced Floodwall in Point Pleasant was completed Ruel Foster wrote William Faulkner: A Critical Appraisal Tony Brown graduated from Garnet High School Gunner Gatski earned All-Pro honors in football Ella Holroyd retired from Concord College Ray Wetzel died in a car accident Elizabeth Kee took her place in the House of Representatives, replacing her late husband, John Kee Maryat Lee wrote and produced the street play Dope! The federal navigation system on the Little Kanawha River was turned over to the state Kanawha County Democratic boss Homer Hanna Sr. and Governor Patteson picked William Marland as candidate for governor Catherine Marshall wrote A Man Called Peter J. Kemp McLaughlin led the squadron on active duty in the Korean War Okey Mills married Netie Mae Neely Waterford Park (later Mountaineer Race Track) opened Ruth Ann Musick and others founded the West Virginia Folklore Journal Karl Myers compiled a second poetry collection, Cross and Crown College assumed its current name, Potomac State College of West Virginia University Benjamin Rosenbloom retired from practicing law K. Duane Hurley became president of Salem College Sam Shaw became editor of the Moundsville Daily Echo Hulett Smith became chairman of Beckley's Democratic executive committee. The first coaxial cable television system started carrying programming of WSAZ to Welch Bishop Swint asked Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus to help establish a Catholic college of liberal arts in West Virginia (now Wheeling Jesuit University) Hurry-up Yost was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame Robert Graetz Jr. married Jeannie Ellis View Articles by Existing Key Dates or Specify Your Own Date Range |
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