Evangelist Billy Sunday stayed at Aracoma Hotel
Shepherd Field, Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport, opened
Walter Barnes wrote New Democracy in the Teaching of English
The Beckley Register began publishing a Sunday issue
Son William H. and wife joined William J. Blenko in Milton at his first factory
Maurice Brooks graduated from WVU with a B.A.
West Virginia's first commercial radio station WRVC began broadcasting in the Huntington area
Thomas Carr retired from Carr China Company
First baccalaureate degrees were awarded at Concord State Normal School (now Concord University)
Phil Conley founded the West Virginia Publishing Company
The last Democratic majority until 1930
The beaver was extirpated for its fur
John Harrington Cox received his Ph.D. from Harvard
Julia Davis married William McMillan Adams
Rev. Robert Edward Lee Strider was consecrated bishop coadjutor of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, Wheeling
Fairmont State was authorized for four-year program but must confine to training teachers
Cooperative agricultural marketing law was passed
U.S. Coal Commission report awarded Gary 90 out of 100 points for cleanliness, urban amenities and safety consideration
The current courthouse was completed in Glenville
School name was changed from Lewisburg Seminary to Greenbrier College for Women
Lost Creek was the largest cattle shipping point on the B&O system
The present Ritchie County courthouse was completed
Homer Holt received a law degree from Washington and Lee University
Construction of the large Itmann Company Store began
Ella Mae Turner published compilation Stories and Verses of West Virginia
Herman Kump left office as mayor of Elkins
The State Hospital for the Colored Insane and the State Industrial School for Colored boys were established in Lakin
Hu Maxwell wrote A Tree History of the United States
Margaret Montague published Deep Channel
Herbert Chester became publisher of the Morgantown Post
Huntington First (Church of the Nazarene) was established in the Charleston-Huntington corridor and is the oldest congregation in that area
Henry Ford built the world's largest incline tipple
Herschel Ogden bought the Martinsburg Journal
Okey Patteson married Lee Hawse.
Maceo Pinkard helped set up Duke Ellington's first recording session.
The first land for the Monongahala National Forest in Pocahontas County was acquired
Jennings Randolph was elected to Salem College's board of trustees.
The Wm. M. Ritter Lumber Company acquired the Red Jacket Consolidated Coal and Coal company
Walton High School was established
Thomas Reynolds built the Majestic showboat
Weirton Steel added another sheet plant
P. D. Strausbaugh became head of the department of botany at WVU
Festus Summers earned an A.B. at WVU
Howard Sutherland's term in the U.S. Senate ended
Clint Thomas began a stint with the Philadelphia Hillsdale Giants baseball team
W. W. Trent became editor of the West Virginia School Journal
The West Virginia State Wildlife Center was established at French Creek
Ralph Weinberg married Ida Effron
Wheeling Bank & Trust Company acquired the Bank of the Ohio Valley
The Game and Fish Commission purchased property in Upshur County
The West Virginian Hotel was built in Bluefield
Patty Willis exhibited her work at the Corcoran Gallery School of Art in Washington, DC
Lenna Yost represented the U.S. at international congresses against alcoholism in Denmark
Hack Wilson began playing for the New York Giants
