Henry Clay Ragland

Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan removed Averell from command for performance during Shenandoah Valley Campaign

Old Virginia banks transformed into national banks under federal banking legislation

First National Bank of Parkersburg became first national bank in West Virginia

Union troops burned down the resort buildings at Blue Sulphur Springs

Arthur Boreman married Laurane Tanner Bullock

Alexander Boteler's house burned on orders of Union Gen. David Hunter

Belle Boyd married Samuel Wylde Hardinge Jr.

Nathan Brackett graduated from Dartmouth College

Battle of Summit Point

Battle of Charles Town

John Dickinson was captured and kept prisoner at Fort Delaware

Joseph Diss Debar began serving in the legislature from Doddridge County

Joseph Diss Debar was named the first West Virginia commissioner of immigration

Construction of the Easton Roller Mill began

Allegheny College was burned by Union troops

William Ryland White was named first state superintendent of free schools

Stephen Elkins was admitted to the Missouri bar

Fort Moore was built for Capt. W. T. Wiant's home guards

Natural gas was used to produce carbon black for printing ink

John Imboden contracted typhoid fever and was relieved of command

Jacob Jackson returned to Parkersburg

Mudwall Jackson was promoted to brigadier general to command the forces at the Battle of Droop Mountain

The Logan Wildcats were active in the Shenandoah Valley campaign

The Richardson's map was the first map of the new state of West Virginia

The Morgantown Weekly Post was established by Henry M. Morgan and Nimrod Nelson Hoffman

Governor Boreman ordered convicted felons in West Virginia be imprisoned in the Ohio County Jail

Bazel Childers developed a system for fracturing the oil bearing rock to increase production.

The first newspaper in Ripley, the Jackson Democrat was established

Volcano became an oil boom town

The Volcanic Oil & Gas Company was formed

Kellian Whaley was a delegate to the Republican National Convention

Laura Jackson Arnold wrote to Abraham Lincoln strongly expressing her support of the Union

Celebration staged in Parkersburg after ratification of the 15th Amendment

Railroad magnate Collis P. Huntington located the western terminus of Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad in present Huntington

Cheat River declared a public highway

Claymont Court mansion (Jefferson County) was advertised for sale by Bushrod Corbin Washington's grandson

Henry Gassaway Davis helped lead the Democrats in for their control over the state

Marmaduke Dent received B.A from WVU

Joseph Diss Debar produced The West Virginia Hand-Book and Immigrant's Guide

Alexander Donaghho came to Parkersburg

Fayetteville population jumped to 6,647

Thaddeus Mortimer Fowler began his map-making trips

Camp Straton United Confederate Veterans began controlling Logan County polices

German immigration increased during the Franco-Prussian War

John Hale started the first steam ferry at Charleston

John Hale was a leader in having the state capital moved to Charleston

Literary Hall was built in Romney

The West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind was established in Romney

John Henry began working as a steel driver during the construction of the Big Bend (Great Bend) Tunnel

The state was reported to have 2,270 schools

Investment in manufacturing began increasing

Immigrants from Switzerland settled in the area of Holly River

George Imboden moved to Fayette County

Jacob Jackson became Wood County's prosecuting attorney

A proposed waterway between Tidewater Virginia and Rocky Mountains was proposed to Congress by Waitman T. Willey

The capital was moved from Wheeling to Charleston

Henry Clay Dickinson became president of Kanawha Valley Bank

James Kay arrived in Charleston

John Kenna was admitted to the bar

Crosscut saws replaced the ax as the preferred tool for felling trees

Marshall College added a new brick addition at the west end of the existing building

John Nuttall bought coal lands on New River

The Flick Amendment was introduced

Petersburg became the county seat of Grant County

Alexander Reynolds began serving in Egypt

Literary Hall was built by the Literary Society in Romney

Cecil Clay of Philadelphia began timber purchases in Greenbrier Valley

William Stevenson was defeated for second term as governor

There were 178 tanneries in West Virginia

The Daily Sentinel became the Taylor County newspaper

The town of Volcano was founded

Wayne County population was at 7,852

WesBanco was founded as German Bank

Legislature voted for additional buildings at Weston State Hospital

The Potomac River flooded

The Shenandoah River flooded

Alexander Boteler ran unsuccessfully for Congress

Col. George Imboden bought the house known as Contentment in Ansted

Rebecca Davis wrote John Andross

William Dawson was elected chairman of the Preston County Republican committee

Alexander Donaghho started a pottery operation

Congress ordered a survey of the Guyandotte River

The first courthouse was replaced in Ritchie County

William Harvey began practicing law in Huntington

Hinton was laid out and lots sold

Investors erected a coke-fueled blast furnace along the C&O railway

William C. Kelly began making axes in Kentucky

John Birch became principal of Linsly School

Steamboats began travel from Parkersburg upriver to Palestine (Wirt County) on the Little Kanawha

The U.S. Congress authorized a survey of the Big Sandy and Tug and Levisa forks to determine the feasibility of building locks and dams

Henry Clay Ragland arrived in Logan

The town of Hurricane was established as Hurricane station after the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad was completed.

Shepherd University had 160 students

A group of shotgun cottages were built for workers of the Central Glass Company and the Wheeling & Elm Grove Railroad

Alexander Wade implemented the a plan for the rural elementary education

James O. Watson's coal mine partnership with Francis H. Pierpont was dissolved

The West Virginia Baptist Association was formed

The Education Association's first recorded constitution and bylaws were drafted and adopted

The Wheeling Diocese claimed 46 churches 7 chapels, 9 schools seminary, hospital 31 priests and 109 women religious

Four locks and dams were completed by the Little Kanawha Navigation Company

The first public high school diplomas issued in the state were awarded to Parkersburg High School graduates

City of Huntington purchased the property from the Central Land Company, owned by Collis P. Huntington

Levi Johnson Dean was born in Frametown

Waitman Barbe wrote "The Song of the Centuries," his first important poem

Arthur Boreman was elected to a circuit judgeship again

Bramwell was incorporated as a town

Sheltering Arms Hospital opened

Kanawha Gazette began regular daily publication

Danske Dandridge wrote Joy and Other Poems

Henry Gassaway Davis supported Benjamin Harrison for president

Fayette County became West Virginia leading coal producing county

Salem College was founded

Devil Anse Hatfield moved his family from Tug Valley to Main Island Creek

Hamilton Hatter received a bachelor's degree from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine

Frank Hereford served as presidential elector

The town of Hurricane was incorporated

John Jacob left circuit judge to return to practicing law

Harriet Jones became assistant superintendent of the state hospital in Weston

Kanawha County became the state's second largest coal producer

Roger Saad became the first Lebanese immigrant to settle in Wheeling

The Martinsburg & Potomac railroad was extended to Frederick County, Virginia

The Kanawha & Ohio Railway completed a line from Charleston to Point Pleasant

The Elkhorn Tunnel through Flat Top Mountain was completed

Oakhurst Links was the home of the first regularly played golf tournament in the U.S.

The Fetterman Mill was destroyed by a flood.

Christopher Payne became first African American elected to represent West Virginia at the Republican national convention.

Graham Hamrick preserved two female corpses as Phillipi mummies

Livia Poffenbarger demanded the right to speak in support of a candidate at the state Democratic convention.

Electricity generate from natural gas brought streetlights to Parkersburg

Nathan Scott became a member of the Republican National Committee

Senate president Robert Carr tried to assert the right to become governor after a disputed election

Thomas J. Reynolds was born at Point Pleasant

Callie Leach French became the first woman to obtain a pilot's license

The Monongahela River flooded

William Luke founded the Piedmont Pulp & Paper Company, later Westvaco

H. C. Ogden came to Wheeling as a reporter for the Wheeling News

H.C. Ogden came to Wheeling as a reporter for the News

Albert White served as president of the National Editorial Association

Mountain State Business College was established

William H. Davis was nominated as an independent candidate for governor