Barger Springs property purchased by company of 30 investors
Ambrose Bierce returned to Randolph and Pocahontas counties to revisit locations where he had served in the Civil War
The town of Bretz and the mining plant were built by West Virginia Coal Company
Camden Park was established
Col. E. G. Via became park manager
Annex was built across from State Capitol
Construction on the new section of the Coal & Coke Railway began
Grover Lewis was born in Alabama
John Harrington Cox received appointment in English Department of WVU
Legislature enacted a uniform teachers' examination law
William Edwards produced a book of Edwards family genealogy
Fairmont Coal Company was absorbed into Consolidation Coal Company of Maryland
William Glasscock was admitted to the bar
The Coal & Coke Railroad was completed from Elkins to Durbin.
A junction was made at Durbin with the C&O and the Coal & Iron railroads
Capt. Greene built the side-wheel packet Greenland
Harrison County was fourth in the state in total tons of coal produced
A compulsory attendance law was enacted
The Homer Laughlin Company traded factories with the National China Company
The House of Delegates grew to 86 delegates
Teddy Weatherford was born in Bluefield
Herman Kump attended the University of Virginia law school
Carnegie library was established in Huntington
Reported 63% of McKendree Hospital's patients were miners
Local businessmen bought the Fairmont Electric Light and Power Plant
The Morgantown Glass Works employed more than 400 people
Oak Hill was incorporated
The Owens bottle-making machine was invented by Michael Owens
The Barbour County courthouse was constructed at Philippi
Melville Davisson Post married Ann Bloomfield Gamble Schoolfield
The West Virginia death rate from smallpox was reported as being from 12 to 20 percent of reported cases
A new wing was added to St. Joseph's Hospital
John G. Knutti became administrator of Shepherd College
The Pope Dock Company built the Eisenbarth Henderson Floating Theater-The New Great Modern Temple of Amusement
The Parkersburg & Marrietta Interurban was built
An interurban railway line was built from Sistersville to New Martinsville
The Parkersburg & Ohio Valley Electric Railway was built
T. C. Townsend opened a law office in Fayettesville
The USS Huntington was constructed at Newport News
The West Virginia State Federation of Labor was founded
Carter Woodson accepted an administrative and teaching assignment in the Philippines
Zane Grey wrote Betty Zane
Paul Wissmach and Joseph Reininger began to manufacture stained glass as the Empire Glass Company in Paden City
T. G. Nutter opened a law office in Charleston
