B&O operated 1,700 miles of railroad
Joseph Beury and others opened Mill Creek Coal & Coke, first mine in Mercer County
Arthur Boreman organized a relief effort to assist victims of Ohio River flood
Belle Boyd divorced Swainston
The Kanawha & Michigan Railway was completed on north side of Kanawha River in Charleston
Moses W. Donnally bought the Chronicle
Charleston National Bank founded as a national bank
Sydenham Herford died
William and Tom Anderson stopped running the Easton Roller Mill
William Edwards published another volume in his three-volume work on butterflies, The Butterflies of North America
Stephen Elkins was elected executive chairman of the National Republican Committee
Glenville High School moved into a house
The Hampshire Review was started by C.F. Poland
The American Ancient Order of Hibernians had groups in Rowlesburg, Clarksburg, Parkersburg, Coal Valley and Charleston
The Quinnimont iron furnace was closed
Other mills were destroyed by floods on the Jug of the Middle Island Creek
James Kay returned to West Virginia
The Lincoln County Feud began when Paris Brumfield killed Boney Lucas
The first multistate gazetteer including West Virginia, Maryland and Delaware appeared
Hu Maxwell wrote a history of Tucker County
Mennonites erected their first meetinghouse in West Virginia in Pendleton County
James Miller left as superintendent of Summers County schools
James Miller became Summer County prosecuting attorney
C. F. Millspaugh published the first section of American Medicinal Plants
New Cumberland became the permanent county seat of Hancock County
Earl Oglebay started working in a Cleveland iron ore firm
Large flood occurred on the Ohio
Democrat Emanuel Willis Wilson mounted a populist campaign that challenged monopolies and railroads
Samuel and Violet Bryant came to America from England
The Ohio River Railway was built through Sistersville
The first golf club in America was organized at Oakhurst at White Sulphur Springs
Telephone switchboards were installed at Huntington
Telephone switchboards were installed at Moundsville
The West Virginia Central & Pittsburg was extended to Tucker County
The Ohio River Railroad reached Vienna
The first West Virginia Historical Society ceased
I.C. White began working for the U.S. Geological Survey
Emanuel Willis Wilson succeeded into the governorship
The Ohio River Railroad was completed
The Ohio River flooded at Wheeling
