Claymont Court

Blakeley was constructed by John A. Washington II

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

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

Beckley was established as a town

Grave Creek Tablet found at Grave Creek Mound in Moundsville

James Warren and T. W. Morzani patented the Warren double-intersection truss

Northwestern Virginia Turnpike was completed to Parkersburg

Palatine was surveyed

Construction began on the Giles, Fayette & Kanawha Turnpike

Robert E. Lee became captain

Claudius Crozet recommended that 10 locks and dams be constructed to permit navigation of the Little Kanawha

The Monongahela Navigation Company of Pennsylvania built a series of locks and dams from Pittsburgh to the West Virginia border

The General Assembly granted Morgantown its first charter

Martinsville was incorporated

The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad arrived in Paw Paw

Samuel Price moved to Lewisburg

The Princeton post office opened

Alexander Reynolds graduated from West Point

The Shannondale Springs resort was incorporated

The James River & Kanawha Turnpike was extended to Parkersburg

The first class of West Liberty State College met in the home of Nathan Shotwell

Dr. John J. Moorman began doctoring the crowds at White Sulphur Springs

Celebration staged in Parkersburg after ratification of the 15th Amendment

Railroad magnate Collis P. Huntington located the western terminus of Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad in present Huntington

Cheat River declared a public highway

Henry Gassaway Davis helped lead the Democrats in for their control over the state

Marmaduke Dent received B.A from WVU

Joseph Diss Debar produced The West Virginia Hand-Book and Immigrant's Guide

Alexander Donaghho came to Parkersburg

Fayetteville population jumped to 6,647

Thaddeus Mortimer Fowler began his map-making trips

Camp Straton United Confederate Veterans began controlling Logan County polices

German immigration increased during the Franco-Prussian War

John Hale started the first steam ferry at Charleston

John Hale was a leader in having the state capital moved to Charleston

Literary Hall was built in Romney

The West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind was established in Romney

John Henry began working as a steel driver during the construction of the Big Bend (Great Bend) Tunnel

The state was reported to have 2,270 schools

Investment in manufacturing began increasing

Immigrants from Switzerland settled in the area of Holly River

George Imboden moved to Fayette County

Jacob Jackson became Wood County's prosecuting attorney

A proposed waterway between Tidewater Virginia and Rocky Mountains was proposed to Congress by Waitman T. Willey

The capital was moved from Wheeling to Charleston

Henry Clay Dickinson became president of Kanawha Valley Bank

James Kay arrived in Charleston

John Kenna was admitted to the bar

Crosscut saws replaced the ax as the preferred tool for felling trees

Marshall College added a new brick addition at the west end of the existing building

John Nuttall bought coal lands on New River

The Flick Amendment was introduced

Petersburg became the county seat of Grant County

Henry Ragland moved to Wayne County.

Alexander Reynolds began serving in Egypt

Literary Hall was built by the Literary Society in Romney

Cecil Clay of Philadelphia began timber purchases in Greenbrier Valley

William Stevenson was defeated for second term as governor

There were 178 tanneries in West Virginia

The Daily Sentinel became the Taylor County newspaper

The town of Volcano was founded

Wayne County population was at 7,852

WesBanco was founded as German Bank

Legislature voted for additional buildings at Weston State Hospital

The Potomac River flooded

The Shenandoah River flooded

The Apple Butter Festival was founded in Berkeley Springs

Augusta Heritage Center was begun by a group of Randolph County women

The merger of the B&O and the C&O was finalized

An unsuccessful merger was attempted between Bluefield State (now University) and Concord College (now University)

Billy Coffindaffer became president of Bluefield State College (now University)

Brook trout named the state fish of West Virginia

William Brotherton Jr. began first term as president of the Senate

Park became a full-fledged resort

A new kitchen and mechanical wing opened at Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital in Parkersburg

Colonial Dames moved the Craik-Patton House to Daniel Boone Park

The African Zion Baptist Church in Malden was added to the National Register of Historic Places

About 18,000 acres surrounding Berwind Lake were leased by the state

Buffalo Creek survivors settled lawsuit against Pittston

Betsy Byars received the American Library Association Notable Book award for After the Goatman

Betsy Byars received the ALA Notable Book award for The House of Wings

Robert C. "Chuck" Chambers received bachelor's from Marshall University

Original plan of 440 beds completed at Charleston Memorial Hospital (now CAMC)

Snowshoe Mountain ski area opened

Legislature passed Judicial Reorganization Amendment

Contentment was added to the National Register of Historic Places

Richard Currey's first poem was published

Julia Davis remarried William Adams

Roman Catholic diocesan borders were realigned to coincide with state boundaries

Butch Miles began playing with Count Basie