Charles Ambler's last year teaching history and political science at Randolph-Macon College
Hotel built by Harvey Ghiz in Logan
West Virginia Folklore Society became inactive
Louis Bennett Jr. graduated from Yale
First book of poetry, Green Fruit,was published by John Bishop
Florence Blanchfield enlisted in the Army Nurse Corps
Pearl Sydenstricker married John Lossing Buck
Louis Watson Chappell received his B.A. from Wake Forest
William Edwin Chilton completed his term as U.S. Senate and became publisher
U.S. government hired DuPont Company to build new nitrocellulose plant
89.4 million tons of coal produced in West Virginia
The Shenandoah (George Washington) National Forest was created
U.S. Supreme Court supported Alston Dayton's "yellow dog" contracts ruling
Legislature established the West Virginia State Colored Tuberculosis Sanitarium
Diamond Shoe and Garment Co. received full department store status
Natural gas peaked at 309 billion cubic feet
Marion County in the Making was published
Study of German in schools dropped due to the entrance of America in WWI
Henry Hatfield entered the army medical corps as Captain
West Virginia launched a series of highway improvements with creation of the State Road Commission
The State Road Bureau was replaced by the State Road Commission
The U.S. Supreme Court sustained the lower court ruling prohibiting UMWA from seeking to influence workers from breaking yellowdog contracts
The House of Delegates grew to 94 delegates
Itmann began mining the Pocahontas No. 3 coal seam in Wyoming County
Billy Moore was born in Parkersburg
Fanny Johnson and Vincent Costello moved back to Charleston
Fanny Johnson's story "The Strange Looking Man" was included in a best short stories collection
Mother Jones returned to West Virginia to hold meetings and seek union recognition in the Fairmont and Winding Gulf coalfield
Frank Keeney became president of UMWA District 17
Harley Kilgore was commissioned a second lieutenant
The town of Nitro was established by the U.S. War Department for the manufacture of munitions for WWI
Fred Mooney became secretary-treasurer of UMWA District 17
Regents began to abolish high school courses in normal schools
The U.S. government acquired the majority of land on Otter Creek for Monongahela National Forest
The Owens Bottle Company opened a plant in the upper end of Kanawha City
William Nelson Page moved to Washington.
Pruntytown Correctional Center, near Grafton, offered eight years of education, providing a full grade-school education
Denmar Sanitarium for black tuberculosis patients was established in Pocahontas County.
The Division of Vital Statistics was established by the West Virginia Legislature.
Short lines, including the Coal & Coke Railway, became part of the B&O.
Rat Rodgers was named to the All-American teams
Samuel Craig Shaw became editor of the Moundsville Daily Echo
Capt. Thomas J. Reynolds built his first real showboat and named it America
Five companies merged to form the Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation
The USS Huntington was equipped for early experiments in naval aviation
Commercial mining had started in Webster County
The Montgomery Preparatory School was renamed the West Virginia Trades School (now WVU Institute of Technology)
Lenna Yost became the president of the West Virginia Equal Suffrage Association
Mordecai Johnson became pastor of Charleston’s First Baptist Church
