Hazel Dickens

Augusta acquired and hosted by Davis & Elkins College

First bald eagle nest documented in West Virginia

West Virginia Baptist Historical Society occupied a vault and adjoining room of the West Virginia Baptist Conference Center at Ripley

Governor Rockefeller converted old Morris Harvey College buildings in Barboursville into state's first and only veterans home

President Jerold O. Dugger ended the football program at Bluefield State College (now University)

Jennings Boyd retired from coaching

Braxton County Memorial Hospital opened

Operation of the Bretz Coke Ovens in Preston County ended

Charleston National created bank holding company, Centurion Bancorp

Rabbi Samuel Cooper retired from B'nai Jacob

Richard Currey published his first short story

Daniel Boone Hotel was closed

Henry Louis Gates received the MacArthur Fellowship or the "genius award"

The Glen Ferris Inn was sold to Elkem Corporation

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service fenced the entrance sink of Hellhole Cavern to prohibit unauthorized entry

Homer Hickam went to work for NASA at Marshall Space Flight Center

The Preservation Alliance of West Virginia was founded

An experimental liming device was installed on Laurel Run to neutralize the stream's acidity

Jeff Hostetler transferred from Penn State to WVU

Jennings Randolph Lake and Dam was completed

John Knowles wrote Peace Breaks Out

Dale Colyer of WVU College of Agriculture and Forestry wrote report for Mountaineers for Rural Progress

Richard Virship stopped making chairs and put the Linger Chair Factory up for sale

Comprehensive state gazetteers were published by the U.S. Geological Survey

M. Blane Michael joined Jackson & Kelly law firm

The Raleigh Register merged with Beckley Post-Herald to become the Register-Herald

Bob Vorel moved from New England to Doddridge County

Brawley Walkway in downtown Charleston was named in honor of Harry Brawley

After extensive rehabilitation, Camp Washington-Carver was reopened

Founder John L. "Bugs" Teets died

Bernard Coffindaffer dreamed that God told him to erect roadside crosses

Phyllis Curtin retired from public singing

Daniel Boone Hotel was reopened after renovation, as office building

The West Virginia Draft Horse and Mule Association was formed

Denise Giardina wrote Good King Harry

Appalachian Regional Hospitals changed its name to Appalachian Regional Healthcare

Pinckney Benedict received B.A. from Princeton University

Jennings Boyd was president of the McDowell County Board of Education

The East Huntington Bridge connecting Huntington and Proctorville won the Federal Highway Administration's award for design excellence

Most of Union Carbide Institute plant sold to French company, Rhone-Poulenc

Clay Foundation was established

Stephen Coonts published Flight of the Intruder

Electioneering was prohibited within 300 feet of the polls

Production of Fiestaware began again with white, pink (rose), black. Cobalt blue, and apricot were introduced

Fostoria Glass plant in Moundsville closed

Per capita personal income in West Virginia rose to 86% of national average

A study estimated that as many as 764 men died from silicosis from the Hawks Nest Tunnel

Homer Laughlin China Company revived Fiestaware

A complete restructuring of the prison system was required by the Crain v. Bordenkircher court decision

Kanawha Valley Memorial Hospital merged with Charleston Area Medical Center

John Knowles wrote The Private Life of Axie Reed

State Supreme Court ruling Crain v. Bordenkircher found that conditions at the state penitentiary failed to meet constitutional standards and led to the construction of a new prison

Louie Glass shipped $24 million worth of glass and employed 525 people

The pygmy shrew was first reported in Canaan Valley

The West Virginia Air National Guard's 167th was named top C-130 unit in the Air Force

The Blues Revue headquarters were moved to Salem

Buffalo Lake closed for swimming because of Canada geese

New partnership with Marshall University School of Medicine extended Cabell Huntington Hospital

St. Mary's Hospital of Huntington and Pleasant Valley Hospital (now Rivers Health) in Point Pleasant joined the Cabell Huntington Hospital network

Mountaineers made it to the Sweet 16 of National Collegiate Athletic Association Basketball Tournament

Thomson Newspapers sold Daily Mail to Media News Group

Stephen Coonts wrote Fortunes of War

WVU established official boundaries and endowment for the Core Arboretum

West Virginia crime rate reached 2,547.2 crimes per 100,000

The Wars of Heaven included in O. Henry Award prize story collection

Richard Currey won the Bravo Award for Literary Excellence

Richard Currey won the Charles H. Daugherty Humanities Award

Davis & Elkins College campus consisted of 170 acres and 20 major buildings

G. Thomas Mann became the 12th president of Davis & Elkins College

The last of the giant hyper compressors were cut into scrap at Dupont's Belle Plant

Edgewood Country Club celebrated its centenary

The Turning was screened at the West Virginia International Film Festival

Judy Byers established the West Virginia Folklife Center at Fairmont State University

The Buffalo Toyota plant produced its first four-cylinder engine

First bald eagle nest outside Eastern Panhandle discovered on Blennerhassett Island

Genesis Health Care Service Inc. dissolved

Clay County deep mining fell

West Virginia Supreme Court referred to Franklin Cleckley's handbooks as "the bible for West Virginia's judges and attorneys"

Arden Cogar Jr. competed in the first international team wood cutting competition

Stephen Coonts wrote America

West Virginia had 11th lowest incarceration rate

George Crumb's Star Child won Grammy Award

Hazel Dickens won the National Endowment for the Arts' National Heritage Fellowship

Hazel Dickens received the prestigious National Endowment for the Arts' National Heritage Fellowship

Mike Klusmeyer was elected Episcopal Bishop of West Virginia

West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources assumed responsibility of funding for food stamp program

Legislature lifted prohibition on Sunday hunting, subject to local vote

DeSales Heights building was demolished

Gods and Generals was filmed in Harpers Ferry

The community celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Flatwoods Monster sighting

Jennifer Garner appeared in Catch Me If You Can

The Monongahela National Forest's Middle Mountain Cabin was torn down

"Biggie" Goldberg moved retired to Elk Grove Village, Illinois

Judge Charles Haden once again made decision restricting the practice of mountaintop removal mining

Ken Hechler received the Harry S. Truman Public Service Award in Independence, Missouri

Homer Hickam published We Are Not Afraid

William Hoffman ppublished Wild Thorn