Michael Owens

The Bluefield DailyJournal closed

Land purchased for $24,757 for Cabell County Courthouse

Huntington established Chamber of Commerce

Reuben Gold Thwaites edition of Chronicles of Border Warfare was published, which provides corrections to some errors of fact or interpretation

Clay was incorporated

$20,000 appropriated for new academic building at what is now known as Concord University

John William Davis (originally from Clarksburg) graduated from law school at Washington and Lee

Bethany Chapter of Delta Tau Delta ceased activity

Distinct historic courthouse was built in Fayetteville

Jack Glasscock returned to Wheeling to manage and play for Wheeling Base Ball Club

Harrisville, the county seat of Ritchie County, was named in honor of Thomas Harris

The Montgomery Preparatory School (West Virginia University Institute of Technology) was founded

Lewis County's first high school was established

Joseph Long sold the Herald

West Virginia passed a law preventing railroad from engaging in the business of buying and selling coal

A formal community of Orthodox Christians was founded in Bluefield

Extensive timbering began along the Pocatalico River

A timber company began extensive operations on the waters of Pocatalico which added to Poca's growth.

Morris Shawkey came to West Virginia as professor of education at West Virginia Wesleyan College

E. M. Statler left the McLure House for Buffalo, New York

Ephraim Wells opened the Wells Hotel in Sistersville

The Virginia was built in Cincinnati

Ralph Weinberg was born in Baltimore

The McDowell County courthouse at Welch was constructed

Welch population was at 300

Agnes Westbrook Morrison was the first woman to graduate from College of Law at WVU

Agnes Howard Hall, now on the Register of Historic Places, was built as a residence for women at West Virginia Wesleyan College

Williamson became the county seat of Mingo County

William Wilson became postmaster general under President Cleveland's cabinet

Hurry-up Yost played tackle on the WVU football team

A.S. Withers wrote an early report of Betty Zane's save of Fort Henry in Chronicles of Border Warfare

R. D. Bailey graduated from Valparaiso University in Indiana

Waitman Barbe wrote Famous Poems Explained

Broaddus Institute (now part of Alderson Broaddus University) moved from Clarksburg to Philippi

Broaddus Institute (now Alderson-Broaddus College) moved from Clarksburg to Philippi

Rosa Pelham returned to the castle

The Birch Boom & Lumber Company built a sawmill near the mouth of Birch River

West Virginia legislature created the Board of Control which consolidated management and fiscal control over West Virginia's institutions

The Bluefield Daily Telegraph dubbed Bramwell the "Coalfield Capital"

Sturdevant and Johnson's partnership ended, factory ceased operation and buildings torn down

Camp Dawson was established

Elegant seven-story Waldo Hotel opened

West Virginia legislation prepared way for establishment of National Forest Reserve in Monongahela

Legislature authorized the governor to appoint a Forest, Game and Fish Warden

Consolidation Coal, Fairmont Coal and Somerset Coal companies combined into the Consolidation Coal Company

Danske Dandridge wrote George Michael Bedinger, a Kentucky Pioneer

Huntington annexed Central City

Legislation called for forest protection and research and provided fines and imprisonment for owners who intentionally or carelessly set fires

Sunday hunting and fishing was prohibited by legislature

Legislature appropriated funds to purchase Grave Creek Mound

A receiving vault was built at Greenwood Cemetery

Lincoln County destroyed by fire

City of Weirton was founded by Weirton Steel

Ernest T. Weir established Weirton Steel

The broad-gauge Harrisville Southern Railroad began to run to Cornwallis

The Herald-Dispatch began with the merger of the Herald and the Huntington Dispatch

Only two county seats in West Virginia were connected by paved highways

Legislature established the State Road Fund and the position of state commissioner of public roads

Timber production in West Virginia reached its long-time record of 1.5 billion board feet

The Jackson Iron & Tin Company relocated to Holiday Cove in Hancock County

Garland Wilson was born in Martinsburg

Dr. Hugh G. Nicholson leased the Barber Sanatorium and added a nursing school

James Kay opened mines on Campbells Creek

Keystone was incorporated

George Kossuth opened his own photography studio

Howard B. Lee began to practice law in Bluefield

The Morgantown Republican merged with the New Dominion-News

The first congregation of the Church of the Nazarene in West Virginia appeared in Martinsburg

Pardee & Curtin opened a double-band sawmill at Hominy Falls.

Princeton was chartered as a city

The Virginian Railway was completed, the last entry into West Virginia's coalfields.

Ritchie Mines were abandoned

A second sawmill for St. Lawrence was built for Neola

The hotel in Shannondale Springs burned down again

Thomas C. Miller became administrator of Shepherd College

The Pope Dock Company built Goldenrod

A stone sculpture of a frontiersman was dedicated in memory of the Battle of Point Pleasant

A steel strike in Wheeling failed

Ernest Weir expanded the Phillips Sheet and Tin Plate Company from Clarksburg

West Virginia tobacco production peaked at 14,400,000 pounds

Fred Torrey enrolled at the Art Institute of Chicago

T. C. Townsend first served as the state tax commissioner

The name changed from Education Association of West Virginia to the State Education Association

Byrd Prillerman became president of West Virginia Colored Institute (now West Virginia State University)

The Western Maryland Railway company was organized

White Sulphur Springs was incorporated as a town

The Wirt County courthouse in Elizabeth burned down

Completion of the Virginian Railway sparked an industrial boom in Mullens

Kanawha Park was built in Charleston for baseball

Kanawha Park was built for baseball

Beckley street paving began

Newton Diehl Baker was appointed Secretary of War by President Wilson

John T. Harris produced the first volume of the West Virginia Blue Book

Izetta Brown took over management of Preston County farm and established modern dairy operation after husband's death

Elk River Coal & Lumber Company built a sawmill at Swandale

Col. E. G. Via bought the Camden Park

George Carter moved to Coalwood

The first fire towers were erected

Fairmont High School class wrote Marion County in the Making

Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company located one of its main plants in Clarksburg

Letter from former Governor MacCorkle to state archivist Henry S. Green confuses John Hardy with John Henry

The West Virginia Asylum name changed to Huntington State Hospital

The company town of Itmann was built

Fanny Johnson published her only novel, The Beloved Son

Libbey-Owens-Ford built its large plate glass plant in Kanawha City

Herman Kump was defeated for prosecuting attorney

Blanche Lazzell began working in the method of single block color print

Howard B. Lee began serving as Mercer County prosecuting attorney

William Alexander MacCorkle wrote The White Sulphur Springs

Joseph Long became the postmaster of Huntington

Sam Mallison became city editor of the Clarksburg Telegram

Publication of the Market Bulletin began when James H. Stewart was agriculture commissioner

The Tilton family regained ownership of the Marlinton Opera House

John McGraw was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention

Six passenger trains a day operated from Charleston to Blakeley on Kellys Creek

12 passenger trains a day were scheduled into Charleston

The Point Pleasant Register became a daily

Paden City was incorporated

Pendleton Land Company took over Paden City Pottery

The Wyoming County courthouse was built

Rat Rodgers was named to the All-American teams

Socialists controlled both District 29 and District 17 of the UMWA

The Charleston Interurban Railroad was built to Cabin Creek

The earliest recorded instance of surface mining in West Virginia occurred

The Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company of West Virginia was incorporated

The USS Huntington was on the West Coast

The National Guard was activated after a call for troops to pursue Pancho Villa on the Mexican border

The National Guard was activated in call for troops to pursue Pancho Villa on the Mexican border

Statewide constitutional referendum for women's suffrage passed

Carter G. Woodson began publication of the Journal of Negro History

A courthouse at Pineville was built

Frank Reeves received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University