Cabell Huntington Hospital (Marshall Health Network)

Alderson-Broaddus College (now University) established the first baccalaureate nursing program in West Virginia

William "Wally" Barron was discharged from the army as a sergeant

Normantown won unclassified basketball tournaments against all

Florence Blanchfield received the Distinguished Service Medal

Bill Blizzard was appointed president of UMWA District 17

Harry Brawley became director of political affairs at Charleston radio WCHS

Fannie Cobb Carter became dean of women at National Trade and Professional School for Women and Girls in Washington

Extension of Route 39 linking Richwood to Marlinton was finished

Oliver Chitwood published the first volume of A Short History of the American People

George W. Hand became the president of Fairmont State College

Ann Flagg graduated from West Virginia State College (now University)

U.S. Forest Service reports 8.7 billion board feet of timber volume

Gunner Gatski played at Auburn University

General Dwight D. Eisenhower vacationed at the Greenbrier resort hospital upon returning from Europe

Alberta Pierson Hannum wrote Spin a Silver dollar: The Story of a Desert Trading Post

The name Happy Retreat was restored after being named Mordington by Isaac Douglas

The West Virginia Health Department assumed advisory medical supervision of state hospitals

Joseph Hodges began serving as director of the Roman Catholic Diocesan Mission Band in Richmond, VA

Italian POWs were repatriated, and many returned to America

Maryat Lee graduated from Wellesley College in religious studies

Big Bill Lias purchased Wheeling downs racetrack on Wheeling Island

Dora Ruth Parks became the executive secretary of the Library Commission

The United Zinc Smelting Corporation ceased operations in Marshall County

Bernard McDonough began a concrete business in Houston

The UMWA proposed a royalty to 10 cents per ton of coal to be paid to the union to provide medical services in the coalfields

The Monongahela Power & Railway Company changed to Monongahela Power Company, discontinuing street car business

The first issue of the bi-monthly National Hillbilly News appeared

Otis Rice received an M.A. in education at WVU

Eleanor Roosevelt began serving as U.S. representative to the United Nations

Louis Jordan composed "Salt Pork, West Virginia"

The one-room Cave School located in Germany Valley, Pendleton County, closed

Julia Davis published The Shenandoah

Julia Davis published The Shenandoah

The Strayer Report recommended basic reforms in the delivery of public education in West Virginia

The Sunrise mansion and adjoining mansion were acquired by the Salvation Army

Legislation to protect the environment from surface mining was enacted

The state of West Virginia purchased the Sweet Springs property and established the Andrew S. Rowan Memorial Home

Clint Thomas began working in the state capitol as messenger for the Department of Mines

Morris Harvey College (now University of Charleston) enrollment was at 2,000 students

There were 225 students enrolled at West Liberty

Kelly Miller was hired to coach at West Virginia State

Victorine Louistall became the first African-America female to earn a graduate degree from WVU

Reported 6,000 wild turkeys in West Virginia

M.J. Horsch became president of West Virginia Institute of Technology

John Ross Eakin suffered a stroke, ending his National Park Service career

Robert C. Byrd was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives

Rush Holt was defeated in the election for governor

Elizabeth Kee was elected a full term into the House of Representatives

Harley Kilgore was reelected to the U.S. Senate

William Casey Marland was elected governor

Arch A. Moore Jr. was elected to the House of Delegates

After claiming the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate, William Revercomb was defeated by incumbent Harley Kilgore

W. W. Trent was reelected state superintendent of schools

The end of private education at Storer College in Harpers Ferry

New campus for Appalachian Bible Institute opened in Bradley

Gray Barker wrote his best-known book, They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers

Blackwater Lodge opened at Blackwater State Park

Boundary dispute between West Virginia and Virginia involving Monroe, Giles, and Alleghany Counties

Chauncey H. Browning was Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court

Lodge at Cacapon State Park was completed with a restaurant and banquet hall

The "golden" trout was spawned with regular rainbow trout at state fire hatchery

Charles Town Opera House was condemned

City National Bank was organized in Charleston

Roy Clarkson joined Department of Biology at WVU

Mine at Bishop exploded

Chapman Revercomb last Republican to be elected to the Senate in West Virginia

Associated Dry Goods bought the Diamond Department Store

Elizabeth Drewry helped pass constitutional amendment allowing women to serve on juries in West Virginia

Pete Everest graduated from Armed Forces Staff College

Pete Everest flew the X-2 at Mach 3

Ruel Foster wrote Elizabeth Madox Roberts, American Novelist

Charleston's Garnet High School closed

The state Board of Education authorized the construction of the student center, Pioneer Center, at Glenville State College

Joseph C. Gluck became pastor of the Forks-of-Cheat Baptist Church

The U.S. Government approached the C&O with proposal to build an "emergency relocation center" at the Greenbrier for reassembly of Congress

Davis Grubb wrote Shadow of My Brother

Minnie Buckingham Harper's second husband John B. Paterson died

Hazel Atlas Company operated 12 plants across the U.S.

Chuck Howley was named the Southern Conference Athlete of the Year

Sam Huff played with the New York Giants to win a championship game

The peak patient population at the Huntington State Hospital was 1,460

The federal Interstate Highway Act was passed

Jean Lee Latham won the Newbery Award for Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

Jean Lee Latham won the Newbery Award for Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

The Library Services Act by Congress enabled the Library Commission to acquire federal funding for public libraries in West Virginia

Clagg and Britton produced an atlas of West Virginia emphasizing historical factors and statewide economic data

Camden Eli "Cam" Henderson died

William Marland tried to fill the vacant U.S. Senate seat

G. Ogden Nutting started his newspaper career as a reporter and news editor for the Martinsburg Journal

Mason College of Music and Fine Arts merged with Morris Harvey College (now University of Charleston)

Thomas Miller graduated from the WVU College of Law

The West Virginia Mountain State Gospel Singers Corporation was chartered

Alfred Knobler opened the new Pilgrim Glass plant on Walker Branch Road in Ceredo

The community of Port Amherst received that name

The Pruntytown Industrial School for Boys was reintegrated

The N&W was West Virginia's last steam powered railroad

Mary Lee Settle wrote O Beulah Land

The Mann's Creek Railroad line closed

Planning for Sutton Dam continued

Direct distance telephone dialing was introduced in Wheeling and Moundsville

The Greenbrier art colony was reopened with the work of Gladys Tuke and Jeanne Eleanore Coyne

Cecil Underwood became a leading spokesman for the Republican Party

A silicones products plant was built in Sistersville

Andre Van Damme founded the Charleston Ballet

Jerry West led East Bank High School to the state basketball championship

The West Virginia Publishing Company changed name to West Virginia Education Foundation

The timber flooring of the Wheeling Suspension Bridge was replaced with open steel grid

West Virginia Institute of Technology was accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Katherine Johnson's first husband died of a brain tumor

Ellie Schaul moved to West Virginia

The Centennial year closed and virtually all elements of the program had been successfully completed

Patch Adams spent two weeks in a psychiatric facility for depression

President's Appalachian Regional Commission (PARC) recommendations sent to President Johnson

Appalachian Hospital network saved by the Board of National Missions of the United Presbyterian Church

Appalachian Volunteers organized

Only 417 nesting pairs of bald eagles could be found in the U.S.

W. E. Blackhurst published Sawdust in Your Eyes

W. E. Blackhurst was the first commentator for the Cass Scenic Railroad

Florence Blanchfield received the West Virginia Distinguished Service Medal

A new student union building was built at Bluefield State College (now University)

Tony Boyle was elected president of the UMWA

Ruby Bradley retired from the army

Elk River Coal & Lumber Company sold its sawmill at Swandale to Georgia-Pacific

Centennial Golden Trout received first widespread stocking

Mower Lumber Company purchased Cheat Mountain Club

Jim Comstock ran for unsuccessfully for Congress

Phyllis Curtin sang at the meeting of the Music Educators National Conference in Charleston

Julius DeGruyter wrote A Brief History of Kanawha County and the Kanawha Region

Dolores Dowling became secretary and administrative assistant of the Veterans Administration regional office in Huntington

Thomson Newspapers of Canada purchased all three Fairmont papers

Ann Flagg returned to teaching at Evanston Consolidated School District and Southern Illinois University

The department led the effort to organize a crafts fair at Cedar Lakes

The book, Mountain Heritage was published

Patrick Gainer published The West Virginia Centennial Song Book of 100 Songs

Patrick Gainer recorded Folk Songs of the Allegheny Mountains for Folk Heritage Recordings

Earl Andrews became president of the Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corporation at Berkeley Springs

Legislature authorized counties to cooperate with local governments and the federal government

Land on Maryland Heights was added to the Harpers Ferry National Historic Park

The widows of Edward and Walker Long and William D. Brike took charge of Huntington Newspaper Publishing

Charles Hodel was named to the West Virginia Press Association's Hall of Fame

The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals who ruled in State ex rel. Slatton v. Boles that the state policy is to "protect and reclaim juveniles" and will be treated as delinquents rather than criminals

Kanawha Records began to record authentic indigenous mountain music as performed by contemporary West Virginia musicians

Reynolds Memorial Hospital opened a new facility in Glen Dale

The National Youth Science Camp was founded in Pocahontas County

The West Virginia Chapter of Nature Conservancy was founded by volunteers

The Greenbrier Historical society re-formed after disbanding during the Civil War

New buildings of the Ohio Valley College (now University) were occupied on a permanent campus

The Libbey-Owens-Ford glass bottle plant closed in Charleston

Jim Comstock found a preserved baby and the two female mummies in a barn in Philippi.

The West Virginia Centennial showboat, Rhododendron, plied the Kanawha, Ohio and Monongahela Rivers

Spanky Roberts was assigned to Griffis Air Force base

The St. Albans Archeological Site was first identified by Samuel D. Kessel

Salem College received full accreditation by the North Central Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges

Devid Selby married Claudeis "Chip" Newman

WVU Rod Thorn became All-American in basketball

Boyd Stutler published West Virginia in the Civil War

Legislation to protect the environment from surface mining was enacted

Rod Thorn became the second pick in the first round of the NBA draft and went to Baltimore Bullets

The Unitarian Universalist church in Morgantown was built

The VISTAs (Volunteers in Service to America) began

Geoffrey Hobday left the Charleston Symphony Orchestra

The Charleston Symphony Orchestra was led by a season of guest conductors

The first Water Festival was held at Hinton

Billy Edd Wheeler recorded "Coal Tattoo"

Wheeling Hospital set up the first intensive care unit in West Virginia

The Shott brothers revived their WHAJ-FM

The Widen mine and railroad ceased operation

WVU at Parkersburg became the first of WVU's Appalachian Centers

A naval radio station was established at Sugar Grove

Ellie Schaul helped decorate the Centennial Showboat Rhododendron

Glade Creek gristmill completed

The spring pavilion was renovated at Barger Springs

Girls' state high school basketball tournament revived after dying off in the 1920s

Beckley Newspapers Corporation was sold to Clay Communications

J. Wade Gilley became president of Bluefield State College (now University)

Jennings Boyd named West Virginia Coach of the Year

Gaston Caperton was elected president of the McDonough-Caperton-Shepherd insurance company

Shelley Moore Capito earned M.A. from University of Virginia

Lou Austin died

French Carpenter record Elzic's Farewell is released

Shenandoah Downs closed

Buildings of McMillan Hospital were demolished in Charleston

Picnic shelters, restrooms, restaurant and amphitheater were added at Chief Logan State Park

Bernard Coffindaffer married June Woodrum

Cogar Arden set the world record for standing chopping a 10-inch yellow poplar in 16.2 seconds

Merger of Bluefield State College and Concord College ended

The Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) was created

Phyllis Curtin was invited to White House to sing for West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt

Julius DeGruyter wrote a second volume of the Kanawha Spectator

George Snyder received a MFA from University of North Carolina

Anthony Correctional Center began accepting females

Arthurdale Heritage, Inc., was founded

Centurion merged with Key Bancshares to form Key Centurion Bancshares

Craig-Patton House restored to original period and opened to the public

Douglass Junior and Senior High School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Pudden'head Wilson filmed in Harpers Ferry

Sweet Dreams, filmed in Martinsburg, was released

The Division of Forestry became a part of the West Virginia Department of Agriculture

Gunner Gatski was named to the Professional Football Hall of Fame

U.S. Borax & Chemical company acquired Pennsylvania Glass and Sand

William Hoffman wrote Godfires

Songwriter Kate Long wrote "Who'll Watch the Homeplace?"

Charles James III joined the James Produce Company

The West Virginia Lottery Commission was created

A new Marco mascot outfit was introduced at Marshall University

First Annual Conference on West Virginia's Black History hosted by First Baptist Church of Charleston

Appalachian Craftsmen, Inc. closed

Princeton joined the Appalachian Rookie League in baseball

Another 43 acres was added to Bear Rock Lakes

Pinckney Benedict Received M.F.A from Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa

Jerold Dugger resigned as president of Bluefield State College (now University)

Gassaway depot was closed by CSX

West Virginia was forced to reimburse $9.5 million to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for Buffalo Creek Flood recovery work

Third generation took over Capon Springs Resort

West Virginia Folk Art Apprenticeship Program established by Augusta

Clerk Darrell E. Holmes took over the as editor of the Blue Book

Buffalo Historical Society was formed

Gale Catlett named Coach of the Year by Eastern Basketball magazine

Pine Run School moved to Cedar Creek State Park

Cheat Mountain salamander placed on the federal threatened species list

Stephen Coonts wrote The Minotaur

Ellis Dungan received the Lifetime Achievement Award by the West Virginia International Film Festival

The School Building Authority was created

Robert Atkinson took semi-retirement as bishop of the Episcopal Church

Mark Samels released Forks of Cheat

Salem College was bought by Japanese interests and became Salem-Teikyo University (later Salem International University)

The Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) was created

Homer Hickam published his first book, Torpedo Junction

The West Virginia Air National Guard's 167th was named top C-130 unit in the Air Force

The Blues Revue headquarters were moved to Salem

Buffalo Lake closed for swimming because of Canada geese

St. Mary's Hospital of Huntington and Pleasant Valley Hospital (now Rivers Health) in Point Pleasant joined the Cabell Huntington Hospital network

Mountaineers made it to the Sweet 16 of National Collegiate Athletic Association Basketball Tournament

Thomson Newspapers sold Daily Mail to Media News Group

Stephen Coonts wrote Fortunes of War

WVU established official boundaries and endowment for the Core Arboretum

West Virginia crime rate reached 2,547.2 crimes per 100,000

The Wars of Heaven included in O. Henry Award prize story collection

Richard Currey won the Bravo Award for Literary Excellence

Richard Currey won the Charles H. Daugherty Humanities Award

Davis & Elkins College campus consisted of 170 acres and 20 major buildings

G. Thomas Mann became the 12th president of Davis & Elkins College

Hazel Dickens received honorary doctorate of humanities from Shepherd College (now University)

The last of the giant hyper compressors were cut into scrap at Dupont's Belle Plant

Edgewood Country Club celebrated its centenary

The Turning was screened at the West Virginia International Film Festival

Judy Byers established the West Virginia Folklife Center at Fairmont State University

The Buffalo Toyota plant produced its first four-cylinder engine

First bald eagle nest outside Eastern Panhandle discovered on Blennerhassett Island

Clay County deep mining fell

West Virginia Supreme Court referred to Franklin Cleckley's handbooks as "the bible for West Virginia's judges and attorneys"

Arden Cogar Jr. competed in the first international team wood cutting competition

Stephen Coonts wrote America

West Virginia had 11th lowest incarceration rate

George Crumb's Star Child won Grammy Award

Documentary Hazel Dickens: It's Hard to Tell the Singer from the Song was released

Hazel Dickens won the National Endowment for the Arts' National Heritage Fellowship

Hazel Dickens received the prestigious National Endowment for the Arts' National Heritage Fellowship

Mike Klusmeyer was elected Episcopal Bishop of West Virginia

West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources assumed responsibility of funding for food stamp program

Legislature lifted prohibition on Sunday hunting, subject to local vote

A compromise was reached clearing the way for the merger of St. Mary's with Cabell Huntington Hospital

Marshall Health, under Marshall University's Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, and the Mountain Health Network announced plans to integrate its services

Marshall University, Marshall Health, and Mountain Health Network announced a merger, including the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, to form Marshall Health Network, Inc.