‘‘This Land is Home to Me’’

The first annual Apple Butter Festival was held at Berkeley Springs State Park

The Mountaineer Mall opened in Morgantown

The Elkins newspaper building burned to the ground

Jayne Anne Phillips graduated magna cum laude from WVU

William Pierce co-founded the National Alliance

A replica of Pricketts Fort was rebuilt

Richard Freeland moved Rebel Records to Asbury in Greenbrier County

Leonard Riggleman fought to prevent Morris Harvey College from being given to the state

Rock Springs Park structures were sold to make way for a new road and Ohio River bridge.

The B&O railroad tracks were removed in Rosbys Rock

The St. Albans Archeological Site was placed on the National Register of Historic places

Sam Snead left the Greenbrier for the Homestead

Sites in Mingo, Logan and Wyoming counties were established for the southern West Virginia community and technical college

Blaze Starr wrote an autobiography

Sunrise mansion was added to the National Register of Historic Places

Ewel Cornett assisted in reorganizing the Theatre West Virginia

A bronze casting of the "Lincoln Walks at Midnight" statue was made by Bernard Wiepper for the West Virginia capitol

Twin Falls pioneer homestead completed

A collection of Melville Davisson Post's stories were published in The Methods of Uncle Abner

Congress abolished the Office of Economic Opportunity poverty agency

Don West wrote O Mountaineers: A Collection of Poems

The Folklore Society met at Fairmont State

The Tomlinson mansion was added to the National Register of Historic Places

WVU at Parkersburg enrollment was at 5,149 students

Baggage claim addition was built at Kanawha (Yeager) Airport

Conchata Ferrell won the Drama Desk, Obie and Theatre World Best Actress Awards

The Sisters of St. Joseph of Wheeling sold St. Francis Hospital to Columbia HCA

Snowshoe became part of Intrawest Corporation

Southern West Virginia Community College changed its name to Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College

Jim Sprouse retired from the U.S. Court of Appeals

A paperback edition of Tale of the Elk was printed by Quarrier Press

C. W. Ferguson III died

The West Virginia Juried Exhibition expanded statewide with a touring exhibit

William R. Haden became president of West Virginia Wesleyan College

Georgia-Pacific Corporation built a new OSB plant near Mount Hope

A lumber plan opened at Buckhannon

The Carter G. Woodson Memorial Foundation erected a life-sized statue in Huntington

Laurence Yep received the West Virginia Library Association's Literary Merit Award

John Chambers became CEO of Cisco Systems