Lewisburg

Daniel Boone's family resettled in North Carolina

Peter Burr house constructed in present Jefferson County

John and Andrew Lewis discovered Marlin and Sewell living in present Pocahontas County during their survey

Christopher Gist made a second expedition for the Ohio Company

Christopher Gist was the first European to record a visit in present Marshall County while exploring for the Ohio Company

Christopher Gist surveyed the Ohio Valley as far as the Kanawha River

Robert Dinwiddie became governor of colonial Virginia

Capt. Arbuckle's troops join Gen. Lewis's march to Point Pleasant

George Clendenin accompanied Col. Andrew Lewis to Point Pleasant

A Shawnee raid in Russell County widowed and kidnapped Anna Musick

Samuel McColloch was killed in another Indian ambush

William Miller was born

Lydia Shepherd married Moses Shepherd

Bush's Fort was destroyed by Indians

Thomas Walker served in the House of Delegates

Mad Anthony Wayne served against the Creeks and Cherokees

Webster Springs were discovered by John Acquirer and John Miller

Alexander Scott Withers wrote and Joseph Israel published Chronicles of Border Warfare

Alexander Scott Withers wrote and Joseph Israel published Chronicles of Border Warfare

Martin Delany moved to Pittsburgh

Harpers Ferry Free Press became the Virginia Free Press

Ripley, the county seat of Jackson County, was laid out by Jacob Starcher

George Jackson died

Julie Neale Jackson died

Terra Salis became Malden when David Ruffner laid out lots, streets and alleys

Daniel Lamb was elected city clerk of Wheeling

The Western Virginian and People's Press was established in Elizabethtown

The trustees of Monongalia Academy established Morgantown Female Collegiate Institute

Anne Royall established Paul Pry newspaper in Washington

William Chapman Sr.'s Chapman Floating Theater floated down the Ohio River from Pittsburgh

Construction began at Staunton on turnpike

Wheeling was declared an inland port of entry

Richard Whelan was ordained to the priesthood

Waitman Willey graduated from Madison College in Pennsylvania

Dreamland pool began operation by the city of Kenova

Cartoonist Irvin Dugan donated a collection of 500 originals to Marshall University

Ruins of commercial wine production were acquired by Dunbar, to establish Wine Cellar Park

East River Mountain Tunnel was constructed

Fairmont State Community and Technical College was established

Patrick Gainer wrote the "Music" chapter in B. B. Maurer's Mountain Heritage

"Catfish" Gray was featured in Appalshop documentary film, Catfish: Man of the Woods

The first Great Bend Tunnel was closed

Senators Randolph and Byrd initiated the legislation that expanded Harpers Ferry National Historic Park's boundary to 2,000 acres

Holly Grove was added to the National Register of Historic Places

Hot Rod Hundley became a radio announcer for the NBA's Utah Jazz

West Virginia's municipal courts were left unchanged in the Judicial Reform Amendment

John Knowles wrote Spreading Fires

Lakin State Hospital changed name to Lakin Hospital by an act of the legislature

Tom Miller series in the Herald-Advertiser discussed concentrated and absentee land ownership

The League of Women Voters began including male membership

Congress designated Mail Pouch signs as National Historic Landmarks

Marshall University began an era of unprecedented growth

Arnold Miller negotiated the national coal contract with an improved health care plan

Legislature attempted to decrease judicial budget, resulting in lawsuit

The courts confirmed the court's inherent power over the judiciary's budget in State ex rel. Bagley v. Blankenship

The state Supreme Court narrowed the immunity of employers from suits injured workers in Mandolidis v. Elkins Industries

Louis Glass Company became a subsidiary of Colgate-Palmolive

The Delf Norona Museum opened

Kermit McKeever retired as chief of State Parks

The Cedars was place on the National Register of Historic Places

The Night of the Hunter was adapted for television

Arnout "Sonny" Hyde resumed editorship of the Wonderful West Virginia under a private contract

Jackson County was reported with the second-highest number of farms in West Virginia

D-Mac Industries bought the nail plant and began operating it as Wheeling-La Belle Nail Company

David Price was hired as Library Commission executive secretary

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor published Saving Shiloh, the last of the Shiloh trilogy

Richard Curry wrote Lost Highway

The International Documentary Association created the Pare Lorentz Award to honor the best documentary film of the year

Video slot machines began operating at Charles Town Racetrack

The West Virginia Graduate College in South Charleston merged with Marshall University

Robert Drasnin recorded an album of standards titled The Blue Dahlias

Butch Miles rejoined the Count Basie Orchestra

Vicky Bullett began playing for the Charlotte Sting in the Women's National Basketball Association.