Cabwaylingo State Forest

School constructed at Arthurdale based on progressive education

Tri-County Airport, now the Harrison-Marion Regional Airport at Bridgeport, began as a grass airstrip

Morris Harvey College was moved to Charleston (now University of Charleston), under the leadership of Leonard Riggleman

Bluestone Dam authorized by FDR

William T. Brotherton Sr. started his first term in the House of Delegates

Pearl Buck divorced her husband

State Department of Public Welfare established Camp Brock

Fannie Cobb Carter named director of adult education for Kanawha County schools

Frederick M. Staunton named publisher of the Charleston Daily Mail

Charleston National Bank and First Huntington National controlled a full 25% of the financial resources of all national banks in West Virginia

Congress passed Wheeler-Rayburn Bill becoming Public Utility Holding Company Act

Allied Artists of West Virginia's first juried art exhibit

Walter Barnes wrote Contemporary Children's Poetry

Betty Bartholomew began working for WVU's botany department

Golfer Sam Snead played an exhibition match at Black Knight Country Club, Beckley

Gymnasium was built at Bluefield State Teachers College (now Bluefield State College)

Maurice Brooks began teaching wildlife management at WVU

Plumbing and electricity was extended throughout Capon Springs Resort

William "Gabe" Devon erected "The World's Largest Teapot" on Carolina Avenue in Chester

Curly Cline became one of the most significant bluegrass fiddlers from West Virginia

Floodwall in Huntington began construction

The Greenbrier State Forest was created

Roy Lee Harmon wrote Hillbilly Ballads

Holly River State Park was created under the management of the State Conservation Commissions

The Short Ballot Amendment was proposed

Gov. Homer Holt supported the Short Ballot Amendment to the state constitution