Parsons

Confederates were engaged in a running battle at Corricks Ford

George Atkinson wrote Prominent Men of West Virginia

Harry Bandholtz graduated from West Point

Electricity came to Martinsburg

Many Bloch Brothers employees joined the Tobacco Workers Union

Marshall University started botany classes

Charles Frederik Millspaugh suggested need for an arboretum at WVU

John J. Cornwell and brother William purchased the Hampshire Review

Stephen Elkins built his home, Halliehurst, in Elkins

Jack Glasscock won the National League batting title, hitting .336

William Glasscock became the clerk of the county circuit court

Nathan Goff Jr. bought the Clarksburg Telegram

The Lewisburg Academy changed its name to Greenbrier Military Academy

Capt. Gordon C. Greene bought the steamboat H.K. Bedford

John P. Hale helped and Virgil Lewis found the West Virginia Historical and Antiquarian Society

The Herald began publication

Thomas Lovett built the Hilltop House in Harpers Ferry

Reported 236 native Hungarians in West Virginia

Congress enacted the McKinley tariff to stimulate the domestic production of tin plate

Jehovah Witnesses built the New Light church

The original line of the Norfolk & Western from Kenova to Mingo County was completed

Construction on municipal water and sewer systems began in Weston

Virgil Lewis began long career of historical writing

The Lincoln County Feud ended during the winter

The Hatfield and McCoy Feud ended

Joseph Long and partner founded the Wheeling News

The Middlesex Knitting Company was established in Martinsburg

Federal building in the Richardsonian Romanesque architecture style was built in Martinsburg

A Mennonite meetinghouse was built near Lost River

Commercial mining in Mingo County began with arrival of the N&W

A post office was established at Minnehaha Springs

Fairmont Electric Light and Power began operating a plant on the Monongahela River

A vast tank field was established in southeast Morgantown due to rapid expansion of oil and gas industry

A coal mine opened at Beechwood along the B&O line

Michael L. Benedum entered the industry as an employee of Standard Oil

The N&W acquired the Scioto Valley Railway

Herschel Ogden founded the Wheeling Daily News

Herschel Ogden married Mary Frances Moorehouse

Earl Oglebay, John D. Rockefeller and David Z Norton formed partnership, Oglebay Norton Co.

Pardee & Curtin Lumber Company erected a band sawmill at Sutton.

Daniel Purinton left WVU to become president of Denison College.

William Ritter began a logging operation in Mercer county

The statue of Patrick Henry at Monongalia Courthouse was moved indoors

The McKinley Tariff passed including duties on tin plate

Howard Sutherland moved to Washington as an official in the Census Bureau

Telephone switchboards were installed at Grafton

Aretas B. Fleming became governor of West Virginia

A springhouse was constructed at Webster Springs

C. F. Millspaugh published Agricultural Experiment Station bulletins on West Virginia's Weeds

Midway and Lazearville were annexed to Wellsburg

Weston had electric lights

The site of Williamson was still farmland

There were 6,247 residents in Wyoming County

Number of farms in West Virginia began dropping

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.

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.

4 to 8 inches of rain had fallen

A great flood ripped through the Trough

The most devastating flood in Hardy County's history occurred when river rose more than nine feet above flood stage

The most devastating flood in Hardy County's history hit

Timber and Watershed Lab at Fernow Forest was severely damaged by the flood

Greenbrier River crested at 23.95 feet, more than nine feet above flood stage, killing 47 people

Record flooding occurred in central and eastern West Virginia, killing 47 people

High water reached 13 ft above flood stage at Glenville

Major flood caused great damage to Marlinton

There was a major flood in Parsons

Raging flood waters killed 16 people in Pendleton County

West Fork at Weston crested at 24.10 feet, more than seven feet above flood stage

The Philippi mummies were damaged in the flood and were treated by a local funeral home

WVMR was major in reporting during the great flood