West Virginia Day

Wheeling first became the state capital

Arthur Boreman's inaugural address in Wheeling

First West Virginia capitol in Linsly Institute building

Fort Logan changed name to Fort Boreman

Granville Davisson Hall was elected the first clerk of the House of Delegates

The First West Virginia legislature met in Wheeling

Legislature made plans to establish a federal land grant college under terms of Morrill Act in Monongalia County

West Virginia became a state

President JFK spoke to 10,000 people at the official Centennial ceremony in Charleston

Jane Cox (George) served as Kanawha County's representative to the West Virginia Centennial Committee and helped organize the first Mountain State Art & Craft Fair at Cedar Lakes.