Kanawha River

Burning Springs were included in a survey for Gens. George Washington and Andrew Lewis

Thomas Bullitt surveyed much of present downtown Charleston

Forks of Cheat Baptist Church organized at Stewartstown

First reference to current name of Droop Mountain

Indians burned down Fort Blair at Point Pleasant

Chief Cornstalk and other Ohio chiefs signed the Treaty of Pittsburgh

First detailed description of Grave Creek Mound by Nicholas Cresswell

William Morris claimed lands in Nicholas County

Gen. Charles Lee purchased the original log house of Prato Rio.

The Mequashake Shawnees led by Cornstalk adopted neutrality during the American Revolution

Thomas Walker served in the House of Burgesses

Gov. Cabell bought 4,400 acres of land inCabell County

Clarksburg chosen as site of first federal court west of Alleghenies

Romney's Literary Society was founded

President James Monroe appointed John George Jackson a federal judge

Western commerce was crushed by the Panic

The Lewis County seat became Weston

Henry Ruffner organized two Presbyterian congregations from which came Kanawha Salines in Malden and the Kanawha Church of Charleston

Oil was produced by George Lemon in Wirt County

Jonas Smith recorded the first plat of the town

The Robert Thompson was the first steamboat to attempt to get to Charleston

The Literary Society was founded

Henry Ruffner began teaching ancient languages at Washington College (Washington and Lee University)

Richard Henry Lee Washington died

Thomas Beall died

Weston became the permanent name of the town

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

Virginia authorized the James River Company to undertake canal project

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

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

Strother Hotel burned down at Berkeley Springs

City Hospital preceded Camden-Clark on Wells Avenue

Roy Bird Cook family moved to Weston

Phoebia G. Moore became first woman to study at WVU Medical School

Fred, A. B., and Maurice Brooks began annual naturalist trips

Mack Day married Charlotte June Milam

Herman Johnson took over the Inter-Mountain at Elkins

West Virginia was first in the nation in oil production

Homer Laughlin retired and moved to California

John D. Rockefeller entered the natural gas business in West Virginia when Standard Oil formed Hope Natural Gas Company

Dependable steamboat schedules established on the Kanawha River

Blanche Lazzell received a diploma from West Virginia conference Seminary

Mannington was wired for electricity

Hu Maxwell wrote a history of Randolph County

The Mount Carbon Prehistoric Site was documented by Dr. John P. Hales for the West Virginia Historical and Antiquarian Society

West Virginia's oil production passed that of Pennsylvania

William Nelson Page began directing the building of the Virginian Railway

Pardee & Curtin purchased a band sawmill at Elizabeth.

Mountain State Business College was founded

Andrew Rowan was chosen as the carrier for President Wm. McKinley's message to Cuba

Nathan Scott was elected to the U.S. Senate

The courthouse in Summersville was completed

Wm. Trevey and father began a photography studio in Glen Jean

The Historical Society suggested the state construct a fireproof building

The two national guard regiments were merged into one for the Spanish-American War

The courthouse at Winfield was destroyed in a windstorm

The Home Rule Amendment provided that municipalities may adopt their own charters, consistent with state law

Homer Laughlin China Company introduced Fiestaware

The tradition of annual homecomings was initiated at Job's Temple

Tom Kromer got married

Ray Goins was born

Joseph Long became the president of Huntington Chamber of Commerce

Minnie Lowther wrote Blennerhassett Island in Romance and Tragedy

Redress was restricted due to a court decision

State Route 2 was completed as an important north-south highway

Mason School of Music and Fine Arts changed its name to Mason College of Music and Fine Arts

William L. "Billy" Mitchell died

Katherine and Ralh E. Fisher took over the Moorefield Weekly Examiner's management

Mountain lion tracks in vicinity of Kennison Mountain were reported by workers from the National Museum of Natural History

Hedrick Hall was built

The Mountain honorary society selected the first official buckskin-clad Mountaineer from the WVU student body

Standard Oil closed its Parkersburg refinery

William Revercomb served as chairman of the State Judicial Convention

Ruth Bryan Owen married Borge Rohde

The Alley Agate Manufacturing Company began making glass marbles and dishes in St. Marys

The last effort to operate Salt Sulphur Springs resort ended

The Dry Fork railroad line ended

Hubert Skidmore published I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes

State Police field structure grew to four companies

The Highway Safety Bureau and Forensic Chemistry Laboratory were added to the State Police

FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover cited the West Virginia State Police as one of the nation's four leading law enforcement agencies

Boyd Stutler began managing editor of the American Legion magazine

The Sunrise mansion and adjoining mansion were sold by Wm. MacCorkle's heirs

There were 158 houses for 750 people at Tygart Valley Homesteads

The AFL suspended from its membership the unions that affiliated with the CIO

H. C. Ogden merged the News with the Register to form the Wheeling News-Register

"Game breeding ground areas" within the Monongahela National Forest were established

The Winfield locks and dam were constructed on the Kanawha River

The magazine Wonderful West Virginia started as the West Virginia Conservation Bulletin

Federal investigation occurred for charges of political interference with the WPA