James River & Kanawha Turnpike

Rehoboth Church was built in Monroe County, first church west of Alleghenies

Mad Anne Bailey married John Bailey

American troops ended John Amberson's attempts to establish a government for local settlers on present Buffington Island

Clarksburg was chartered

Virginia Assembly abolished the Fairfax proprietary

Capt James Neal settled at Parkersburg

Nonhelema, "Grenadier Squaw," petitioned Congress for a grant of land near her Ohio home

The James River Company was formed by Virginia for a water route over the Allegheny Mountains

The Jefferson Rock was named for Thomas Jefferson

The word moonshine first entered the English language due to brandy smuggling on coasts of Kent and Sussex

Alexander Parker bought land from Thornton in present Parkersburg

Virginia (and consequently West Virginia) gained water rights from Maryland.

Levi Shinn established a local gristmill in present Shinnston

Last time boundaries of Augusta County changed

Daniel Boone represented Kanawha County in General Assembly

Daniel Boone represented Kanawha County in the Virginia General Assembly

General Arthur St. Clair led a disastrous foray into the Ohio country

Indian Raids in Monongalia County finally ended

Henry Morris moved to Nicholas County and built a cabin

The Shawnees defeated armies sent against their villages

Mad Anthony Wayne represented Georgia in the House of Representatives

Charles Prather petitioned Ohio County to incorporate Charlestown, now Wellsburg

The Whiskey Rebellion began

There were about 16 churches in present West Virginia

The Greenbrier Association of Baptists established

John Beckley wrote a Jefferson campaign biography

Ephraim and Anna Musick Hatfield moved their family from Russell County, Virginia to the Tug Valley

Jesse Hughes returned to West Virginia

John George Jackson married Mary Payne

The site of Jackson's Mill was first settled by Edward Jackson

Joseph Johnson traveled to Winchester, Virginia

George Gregg built a gristmill and sawmill on the Jug of Middle Island Creek

The Hatfields settled in Lincoln County

John Marshall was appointed secretary of state

The first whites settled in Mingo County as farmers

Newport was given a charter

Nicholas Harvey acquired the site of Red Sulpher Springs

John Bunnell built a cabin in Pennsboro

St. Albans was first settled as Coalsmouth

Sampson Sanders settled in Cabell County

Permanent settlement on the Tug Fork began

Henry Jolley established a ferry across the Ohio River at Sistersville

Union was established by General Assembly to be county seat for Monroe County

Fort Gay was the first permanent settlement in Wayne County

The West Fork River was declared a navigable public highway

Isaac Williams was authorized to operate a ferry to carry traffic to the Ohio Shore

Barney McGraw planted the first apple orchard in the Little Kanawha Valley

James Wood left office as governor of Virginia

Buckongahelas signed the Fort Wayne Treaty

Ferries operated across both Ohio and Little Kanawha rivers

Capt. Meriwether Lewis accepted Patrick Gass as a volunteer for expedition

John George Jackson elected to Congress from the First District of Virginia

Residents established the first school of Morgantown

Joseph Ruffner died

St. George's Chapel was abandoned due to the loss of endowments and property by the Anglican Church

Alexander Campbell migrated to America

Thomas Campbell drafted The Declaration and Address of the Christian Association of Washington

Claude Crozet began serving Napoleons military in Germany and Holland

Samuel Jackson established Jackson's Ironworks at Ices Ferry

John George Jackson had an encounter with North Carolina Congressman Joseph Pierson that ended in a duel

The Union Baptist Church was founded in Milton

The Literary Fund was established by the General Assembly

The first settlers arrived in Roane County

Henry Ruffner began studies at Lewisburg Academy

John Haymond and Benjamin Wilson began a salt works at Bull Town on the Little Kanawha River

John D. Sutton settled at Granny's Creek, now Sutton

James Madison became president

Blakeley was constructed by John A. Washington II

Bushrod Corbin Washington built Claymont Court

Reported 53 slaves lived and worked at Green Bottom

Population of Greenbrier County was 7,340 inhabitants

John H. Hall began working on interchangeable parts for breechloading rifle at Hall's Rifle Works

Steamboats became reliable enough to negotiate the shoals in the Kanawha River

Steamboats became reliable enough to negotiate the shoals in the Kanawha

Simon Kenton was imprisoned for bad debts in Kentucky

The population of Mason County was 4,868

The Union Academy of Monroe County was established to teach a classical education

The Western Star began in Weston

The Kanawha Spectator was founded in Charleston

Wilson Cary Nicholas died

The North House was built by John A. North in Lewisburg

Settlement in Oak Hill began

A stone bathing house was built at Salt Sulphur Springs

The Shannondale Springs resort opened

Summersville was established

A brick courthouse for Monroe County was built

Martin Delany family was forced to flee Virginia to Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, for violating black education law

Harrisville was laid out by Thomas Harris

The first Western Virginia cut-nail machinery was installed at Ices Ferry Ironworks

The first Catholic church in West Virginia was established in Wheeling by German and Irish parishioners

Joseph Johnson was elected to the House of Representatives

Bounties paid for gray wolves were discontinued

Organ Cave was owned by John Rogers

Robert W. Simmons was born at Fredericksburg

Williamstown was chartered

Elizabeth was chartered by the General Assembly

Harman Blennerhassett returned impoverished to England

Second meeting in Staunton was called

John Gallaher published The Ladies' Garland

Joseph Doddridge wrote Notes on the Settlement and Indian Wars

Congress assigned the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers the responsibility of maintaining year-round navigation on America's inland rivers

Flood waters severely damaged the lock and dam systems on the West Fork

A private Virginia company upgraded the Midland Trail into the James River & Kanawha Turnpike

Anne Royall lost her inheritance to relatives and was refused pension as widow of Revolutionary War veteran

John Taylor died

General Assembly authorized each county to establish district school system with limited state aid

Monroe County opened free school at Sinks Grove

Alexander Clendenin died

Charles Faulkner married Mary W. Boyd

John Floyd graduated from South Carolina College

Felix Grundy was appointed to the U.S. Senate

The South Branch Intelligencer was founded

The Virginia Constitutional Convention failed to meet western demands

The Eclectic Observer was founded in Wheeling

Jesse Hughes died at Turkey Run

Robert E. Lee graduated second in his class from West Point

William Fletcher received 20 acres of land in Welch

The state of Virginia began blasting and excavating shoals in the Kanawha River including the Red House shoal.

Phillip R. Thompson laid out the town of Phillipi

James Stephenson married Agnes Miller Boreman

John Augustine Washington II died, leaving Blakeley to John A. Washington III

Allen Taylor Caperton married Harriet Echols

Claude Crozet ended his service in Virginia

Shrewsbury and Dickinson established the John Q. Dickinson salt furnace in Malden

Charles Faulkner spoke publicly for the gradual elimination of slavery

Wardensville was chartered in Hardy County

Harrisville was chartered

A fire destroyed most of the original interior wood trim of Holly Grove

Capon Iron Works was built by James Sterrett

A branch of the Bank of Virginia was chartered in the Kanawha Valley

Charles James Faulkner gave his account of the boundary dispute between Maryland and Virginia

The first Mormon missionaries entered Cabell County

Moundsville was established on land by Simeon Purdy

The first courthouse at Ripley was built

The first post office in Ripley opened

Lydia Shepherd married Daniel Cruger after her former husband's death

James "Bad Jim" Vance was born

Jacob Van Meter of Hardy County abandoned the vernacular tradition house with his house in the Greek Revival style

John Augustine Washington died

William Wirt was a presidential candidate of the Anti-Masonic Party

There was a total of 64 African Methodist Episcopal churches and 2,298 members

Harry R. Wyllie purchased the Allegheny Lodge for use as a private estate

American Gas & Electric Power Company consolidated a dozen smaller companies including Appalachian Power

Dr. Maggie Ballard graduated from the University of Maryland School of Medicine

The backers of the Beckley Post bought the Raleigh Herald, naming it the Post-Herald

"Billy Richardson's Last Ride" was written by Carson J. Robinson

Chear River dam, built to generate electricity, was completed

Start of the new DuPont plant at Belle

Earl Core joined biology department at WVU

Hallie Elkins made gift of Halliehurst to Davis & Elkins College

New campus developed surrounding the Elkins mansion

Wehrle B. Geary and A. W. Cox merged resources to begin building

Fairmont Times moved to the building of West Virginian

Donald R. Gaudineer became district ranger for the Greenbrier Ranger District of Monongahela National Forest

Governor's Mansion added servant quarters above the garage

The High Gate mansion was sold to the Sisters of St Joseph after the death of J. E. Watson

The Lovett family sold the Hilltop House in Harpers Ferry to Fred McGee

The Hinton News building was constructed by H. C. Ogden

The House of Delegates impeached Auditor John C. Bond

Milton Humphreys published a Civil War memoir, Military Operations 1861-1863

The Louis Glass company was established

John Matheus's short story "Swamp Moccasin" won first prize in the Crisis magazine short story contest

Additions were built at the Mount St. George mansion in Wellsburg

Karl Myers compiled a poetry collection, The Quick Years

Wheeling accepted Waddington Farm and renamed it Oglebay Park

The Nurses Residence was built at City Hospital Training School for Nurses in Wheeling to house the large classes of nurses

The mill, shops, and Shay locomotives at Curtin were moved to Bergoo.

Potomac State was accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.

The Sunset News began publication in Bluefield

Ada "Bricktop" Smith opened a Paris club called the Music Box

The Smoot Theater was built by the Smoot Amusement Company

Spring Hill Cemetery acquired large tracts from the Wehrle and Jefferies farms

Weirton Steel contracted for the construction of a continuous sheet steel mill

P. D. Strausbaugh initiated a summer field course called botanical expedition at WVU

The Wellsburg, Bethany & Washington Railroad streetcar line ceased operation

The First Regiment was designated as the 201st Infantry

A first tower was built in Watoga State Park

The Webster Springs Hotel was destroyed by fire

The road through Winfield was paved

Paul Wissmach died

Hack Wilson started playing for the Chicago Cubs

Cynthia Rylant wrote But I'll Be Back Again

Lawmakers dedicated lottery profits to programs benefiting education, senior citizens, and tourism

The West Virginia College of Graduate Studies officially became the University of West Virginia College of Graduate Studies

Kathy Mattea was named the Country Music Association's Female Vocalist of the Year

Jon McBride retired from NASA and the Navy

Irene McKinney published a collection of poetry, Six O'clock Mine Report

The Minnehaha Springs post office closed

Public Radio International took over distribution of Mountain Stage

George Balsama left presidency of Beckley College (now Mountain State University)

The United Methodist Temple building, now John W. Eye Conference Center, was acquired by Beckley College (now Mountain State University)

Walter Dean Myers received the Newbery Honor Book Award for Scorpions

Walter Dean Myers received the Coretta Scott King Award for his books

First National Bank of Morgantown was acquired by Huntington Banks

The old Norwalk Motor Car Company burned down in Martinsburg

Marc Harshman’s first children’s book, A Little Excitement, was published

The Fairmont High Level Bridge reopened after restoration

Diana Sole and Dan Shreve released A Principled Man, about Leon Sullivan

The Hatfields were beaten by the McCoys in Tug Fork tug-of-war

Homer Hickam published The Coalwood Way

William Hoffman wrote Blood and Guile

The Collis P. Huntington Statue was moved back in front of the C&O depot

Fanny Johnson's "The Strange Looking Man "was included in Oxford University Press anthology Women's Writing on the First World War

Johnnie Johnson was inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of fame in the sidemen category

The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation had assets exceeding $100 million

Cam Henderson's win-loss record for Marshall football was beat

Homer Hickam published Sky of Stone: A Memoir

Bill Hopen married Ai Qiu Chen

The 80-megawatt power station on the Summersville Dam went into use

David Price resigned as executive secretary of Library Commission

John O'Brien wrote At Home in the Heart of Appalachia

The Official Marx Toy Museum opened in Moundsville

The state Board of Education took over administration of the McDowell County school system