Agriculture

Split between the Northern and Southern Baptists mended

Belle Boyd married again to John Swainston

Second governor of West Virginia, Daniel D.T. Farnsworh lived in Buckhannon

Johnson Newlon Camden entered the refining business at Parkersburg

Coke replaced anthracite as the leading blast furnace fuel in America

Peter G. Van Winkle term as West Virginia's first U.S. senator ended

Fairmont State Regency normal was renamed the Fairmont Branch Normal (Fairmont State University)

Trinity Church in Huntington held its first services at Cabell County Courthouse

West Virginia passed its first game laws

The survival of the White Sulphur Springs resort was ensured by the arrival of the C&O Railway

Cooper's Mill was built in Summers County

Helvetia was settled by German-speaking Swiss immigrants

George Imboden married Angi M. Dickinson

The Kanawha Valley Bank built a two-story bank at the intersection of Kanawha Blvd and Capitol St in Charleston

James Kay migrated to America

Another boundary shift occurred in Lincoln County

Stogie makers were among the first trades in Wheeling to unionize

The C&O railway had begun construction in Milton

Johnson Newlon Camden established one of the country's first oil refineries in Parkersburg.

George Peterkin was ordained as an Episcopal priest.

A Chesapeake & Ohio Railway branch was completed into Greenbrier County

An arsonist burned the Preston County courthouse destroying most of the county records from 1818-69

Spring Hill Cemetery was dedicated as the Charleston municipal cemetery

Edward W. Stifel Sr. was born

The Laurel Fork & Sand Hill Railroad was constructed in Volcano

The first West Virginia Historical Society began

The West Virginia Press Association was formed

Emanuel Wilson was admitted to the bar

Susan Dew married James Hoff

Charles Ambler served as sheriff of Pleasants County for two years

B&O added the Monongahela River Railroad (Fairmont to Clarksburg)

There were 600 Baptist churches in West Virginia

Raleigh County Republicans launched the Raleigh Herald

Berkeley County population was 19,469

First women on the Bethany College board of trustees

Jesse Bloch entered the family Bloch Brothers Tobacco Company

Alonzo Brooks completed a business course at West Virginia Wesleyan College

Capon Springs developer William H. Sale died

Cass was founded by West Virginia Pulp & Paper Company

West Virginia Pulp & Paper built paper mill at Covington, Virginia

The Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) completed its Greenbrier Division into Pocahontas County to harvest red spruce on Cheat and Back Allegheny mountains

Moses Donnally sold the Charleston Gazette

Davis Child Shelter, an orphanage, was established in Charleston

First sewer lines were installed in Clarksburg

Coal production had doubled

Little evidence of the Coal River locks and dams remained

West Virginia chapter of the Colonial Dames of America was organized

Only remnant populations of deer and turkey were noted

West Virginia's median age was below national average at 20.3

Doddridge County population was 13,689

William Edwards wrote a book on the authorship of Shakespeare's plays

Fairmont Times was first published by Gen. C. L. Smith and O. S. McKinney

Thaddeus Fowler returned to West Virginia

Garnet High School was founded with a class of 12 black students

Howard Gore graduated from WVU with a degree in agriculture

Harrison County held a population of 27,690

Nancy Hart and husband Joshua Douglas settled in Webster County

Morris Harvey founded the Fayette National Bank

William "Coin" Harvey moved to Arkansas to begin building a retreat and vacation resort

The population of Helvetia reached 500 people

The first time the word "hillbilly" was used in print, in a New York newspaper

Reported 1,062 native Hungarians in West Virginia

Water power began being used for the production of electricity in West Virginia, at Kanawha Falls

Census reported 2,458 Indians living in West Virginia

There were 18 farms of the settlers on the Irish Tract

Jackson County's population rose to 19,000

Don Redman was born in Piedmont

The Kanawha Falls were augmented by a low dam

Oil and natural gas in high quantities was found in Lewis County

Cousin Abe Lilly received a law degree from the Southern Normal University, Tennessee

Railroad replaces streams as the chief means of transporting logs to sawmills

The Benwood Ironworks grew into a large steel mills

James Miller ceased to be Summers County prosecuting attorney

James Miller ran unsuccessfully for state auditor

Steam and electric fans made larger mines possible

The completion of the C&O Railway's Greenbrier Division to Marlinton put the Minnehaha Springs within reach of travelers

Fairmont's first electric streetcar line built

Morgantown population was at 1,895

The Morgantown Glass Works began production

A developer began selling oceanfront lots for $25 in Myrtle Beach

The anticlinal theory of oil and gas was applied along Sand Fork of the Little Kanawha

The Toledo & Ohio Central gained control of the Kanawha & Michigan and the Kanawha & West Virginia Railroad

The Pennsylvania Railroad began purchasing the N&W stock

E.M. Carney purchased the Pence Springs property

Kanawha County had the largest population with 54,696 residents.

The largest city in the state was Wheeling with a population of 38,878.

The Lilly family began ownership of the Ruffner Hotel

St. Joseph's Hospital was founded by Patrick J. Donahue

Samuel and Violet Bryant got their first jobs on showboats

James H. Brown's obelisk was erected at Spring Hill Cemetery

Interurban railway operations began in Huntington

Tyler County's oil and gas boom peaked

Wayne County population was at 23,619

Wings were added to Woodburn Hall at WVU

Weston had municipal water plant, sanitary and storm sewer systems and brick paved streets

West Virginia Pulp & Paper began constructing a sawmill in Cass

A nursing school was founded at Wheeling Hospital

The Collins Colliery company store burned

Matthew Whittico moved to Keystone

Buffalo, elk, gray wolf and passenger pigeon had all disappeared from West Virginia

The second courthouse at Winfield was built

Wirt County's population peaked at 10,284

Carter G. Woodson became principal of Douglass High School

The first record of the ballad "The Wreck on the C&O" came out

West Virginia Baptist Historical Society formed

Tony Boyle became president of UMWA District 27

Extensive remodeling and expansion of the Cabell County courthouse was completed

Calhoun County population peaked at 12,455

First building was completed at Camp Washington-Carver

Flip left the country music trio group of "Cap, Andy, and Flip"

Clay County population peaked at 15,206

Rose Cousins learned how to fly

Easton Roller Mill, near Morgantown, was closed

W.E.R. Byrne's Tale of the Elk was published

Population of Gilmer County peaked

Construction began for Grandview Park

G. D. McNeill wrote The Last Forest, whose main character was inspired by Edden Hammons

Electric power production increased by 2,000 percent

Matthew M. Neely won the Democratic nomination for governor while still serving the U.S. Senate

Tom Kromer gave up writing

Logan's population peaked at 5,166

Reported 11,000 miners in Logan County

Martinsburg had four movie houses

Bumgardner Hall was built at Beckley College (now Mountain State University)

DuPont put four million pairs of nylon stockings on sale nationally

Molly O'Day's brothers moved to Beckley

Population of Ohio County peaked at 73,115

It was decided to establish a state forest in the Panther Creek area.

Parsons population was 2,077.

Pendleton County population peaked at 10,884.

Ida Reed published her last book, Songs of the Hills

A demonstration site for farm electrification was built at the Jackson's Mill state 4-H camp

The Hardy County Light and Power Association served 142 members

Hubert Skidmore published Hill Doctor

Eleanor Steber won the Metropolitan Opera radio auditions

Taylor County population peaked at 19,919

The Tomlinson Run dam was built by the federal Works Progress Administration

Wm. Trevey left glass plate negatives in his Glen Jean studio

Vienna had five glass factories, a canning company and a silk mill

Webster County population peaked at 18,080

Weirton population was 18,000

The West Virginia Historical Society was formed

The State Fair ceased operation on Wheeling Island

Timber in the Williams River watershed stopped being taken out by log train

The West Virginia Conservation Bulletin began quarterly publication with a newspaper format

Coonskin Ridge was selected for location of the Charleston airport

The Gravens' cabin, located at the Youghiogheny Forest Colony, was designed by Thomas Hood

Justice Chambers was called to active duty.