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Morgan County
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1748
George Washington arrived in Morgan County to survey land for Lord Fairfax
Dec 06, 1776
The Virginia House of Burgesses established Bath (Berkeley Springs) Other events that happened on or around December 06, 1776 The Virginia General Assembly officially recognized Berkeley Springs as the town of Bath
1815
Roman Bath house constructed in Morgan County at Berkeley Springs State Park Other events that happened on or around 1815 James Otis Watson was born in Fairmont Dr. Richard Ellis Putney set up practice in Malden Claude Crozet ended term with Napoleon at his defeat at Waterloo The stockade at Fort Lee was torn down Patrick Gass returned home to Brooke County after the War of 1812 Stockton's Tavern, later known as the Glen Ferris Inn, was built by two Irishmen Reported 52 salt furnaces were operating along the Kanawha River for a distance of ten miles east of Charleston A small settlement began to farm near the present day eastern corporate limits of Hurricane Joseph Johnson was elected to the House of Delegates Maps for the Virginia Board of Public Works began being published Daniel Ruffner built Holly Grove mansion in Charleston Asa Shinn laid out town lots in present Shinnston The daughters of Charles Wells laid out town lots for Sistersville Middlebourne became the county seat of Tyler County The first general conference of the clergy of the Church of the United Brethren was held A log House was built in Union Cabell County troops fought at the Battle of New Orleans
Mar 16, 1820
Morgan County was created from Hampshire and Berkeley Counties
1885
The Berkeley Castle was built as a summer cottage Other events that happened on or around 1885 Parents of Walter Aegerter, Gottfried and Marianna Dubach Aegerter, moved to Helvetia Sumner School in Parkersburg added high school courses to its curriculum for black students. Annie Bartlett married Leonidas Bartlett Belle Boyd married her third husband Nathaniel High Flat Top Coal Company established its headquarters in Bramwell The state song "The West Virginia Hills" written by Ellen Ruddell was put to music by Henry Everett Engle The Hale House burned down in Charleston The move of the capital to Charleston occurred Jacob Beeson Jackson left office as governor of West Virginia Frances Benjamin Johnston ended her studies in Paris at the Academie Julian One of the state's earliest telephone systems was installed in Weston John H. Lilly planted two or three oak trees that are still standing today John McGraw left as Taylor County prosecuting attorney The capital moved permanently back to Charleston aboard the Chesapeake and Belle Prince The former state capital was used for the Ohio County Courthouse Ohio Valley Trades and Labor Assembly moved its offices to Wheeling Christopher Payne established the West Virginia Enterprise. A new owner resumed mining at Ritchie Mines The Ruffner Hotel was built in Charleston The "West Virginia Mission" was organized under the Ohio conference Morris Shawkey entered business college I.C. White wrote an article in Science asserting his rediscovery of the anticlinal theory in the location of oil and gas Woodlawn was incorporated as a public cemetery
1892
The Berkeley Springs springs were developed as the town water supply Other events that happened on or around 1892 Newton Diehl Baker got B.A. degree from John Hopkins University Waitman Barbe wrote book Ashes and Incense West Virginia & Pittsburgh Railroad came through Burnsville Bill Byrne was elected prosecuting attorney of Braxton County West Virginia Pulp & Paper built paper mill at Luke, Maryland William Edwin Chilton became chairman of the state Democratic Party John W. Davis graduated from Washington and Lee Dingess Tunnel was built The Center Point oil pool was opened by the South Penn Oil The Elkins Inter-Mountain was established The Glenville Pathfinder was first published Nathan Goff Jr. was appointed a federal judge in the U.S. Fourth Circuit Thomas Harris wrote Assassination of Lincoln: A History of the Great Conspiracy The C&O completed a roundhouse with 17 engine stalls and a car shop of 40 cars in Hinton Lily Jackson called for West Virginia women to contribute to the state's exhibit at the Chicago Worlds Fair Harriet Jones left the state hospital to open a women's hospital in Wheeling John K. Small first discovered Kates Mountain Clover The N&W Ohio River Bridge was completed William Leigh left the Royal Academy in Munich Virgil A. Lewis was elected state superintendent of schools St. Paul's became the first Lutheran church in Charleston The Fostoria Glass Company opened in Moundsville McDowell Countians voted to move the county seat to Welch Wheeling City Hospital opened to patients City Hospital Training School for Nurses in Wheeling opened as the first nursing school in West Virginia Syrian and Lebanese immigrants founded St. George Orthodox Church in Charleston Fetterman was incorporated George Peterkin published Records of the Protestant Episcopal Church in West Virginia. Graham Hamrick received patents for his mummification formula. Melville Davisson Post earned a law degree from West Virginia University WVU's plant collection was put into storage The Polecat well was drilled Wilbur "Lefty" Cooper was born in Davis Run Charles W. Ferguson II was born Webster Springs was incorporated as Addison C. F. Millspaugh published Agricultural Experiment Station bulletins on West Virginia's Weeds Wheeling Hospital grew to 90 beds
1929
Bath Square became Berkeley Springs State Park Other events that happened on or around 1929 Homer Holt began working with Governor Kump on the state's finances following the stock market crash Homer Laughlin China Company suspended operations in East Liverpool, Ohio Frank Hutchison had recorded about 32 songs for the OKeh Record Company The stock market crash hurt the profits of Interwoven Mills Weirton Steel Corporation merged with Michigan Steel of Detroit and M.A. Hanna Steel of Cleveland to form National Steel Corporation The McWhorter cabin was moved to Jackson's Mill Stock market crash forced the James Produce Company into bankruptcy John L. Dickinson moved Kanawha Valley Bank into new building at the former site of the capitol building Tom Kromer began traveling the country by freight train Cousin Abe Lilly organized the Lilly Reunion Association The Logan County coal industry began to decline The Citizen's National Bank was absorbed by the Charleston National Bank I. T. Mann's business empire collapsed at the onset of the Depression Walter Martens completed the work for Homeland, a skillfully designed Colonial-revival residence in Lewisburg Bernard McDonough specialized in building gas stations in the greater Parkersburg area The Department of Mines had 25 inspectors and three inspectors at large The Owens Bottle Company merged with Illinois Glass Company to become Owens-Illinois Glass Company Maceo Pinkard enlisted blues diva Bessie Smith for Pansy Ruth Rohde represented Florida's Fourth District St. Joseph's administrators decided to build a new hospital The Raine Lumber Company ceased logging in Seneca State Forest Ada "Bricktop" Smith married Peter Duconge Ernest Weir formed the National Steel corporation with Weirton Steel as its flagship Grace Martin Taylor visited Blanche Lazzell in Provincetown, Massachusetts Commercial mining in Webster County produced approximately 100,000 tons of coal The railroad at Webster Springs was discontinued The Archives and History library, state archives and museum moved to the new state capitol WSAZ was purchased by the Huntington Publishing Company The property of the Youghiogheny Forest Colony was purchased by Frank Reeves John Zontini rushed an average per carry of 27 yards A chapel that also functioned as the superintendent’s office was built at Woodlawn T. G. Nutter filed a lawsuit regarding a restrictive covenant that prohibited African-Americans from purchasing a lot in a Huntington subdivision.
1933
Cacapon State Park was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps Other events that happened on or around 1933 County unit plan for school systems was adopted West Virginia counties had to reduce term length Doddridge County High School was created The flat-spired three-toothed land snail was discovered Legislature established the Conservation Commission The Greenbrier College for Women was chartered as Greenbrier College Perry Gresham received a bachelor of divinity degree from Texas Christian University West Virginia erected a replica cabin and stone memorial at the birthplace of Nancy Hanks A great trial was held against the contractor of the Hawks Nest Tunnel by those who contracted silicosis Legislative act put every public road in West Virginia under direct state control The Democrats regained control of the governorship Charles Hodel was instrumental in developing the Beckley-Mount Hope Airport The radical West Virginia Mine Workers Union and the West Virginia Labor Party both collapsed Act replaced game protectors with conservation officers The West Virginia World's Fair exhibit was housed at Jackson's Mill The Charles Town Racetrack opened in Jefferson County Frances Benjamin Johnston began photographing early architecture of the American South William C. Kelly died Kumbrabow State Forest was created in response to the Civilian Conservation Corps Act The National Industrial Recovery Act guaranteed workers the right to collective bargaining and outlawed yellow-dog contracts Democrats took control of the West Virginia Senate The progressive Roosevelt administration secured passage of the National Industrial Recovery Act Melvin Goins was born Pare Lorentz conceived, edited and published The Roosevelt Year, 1933 West Virginia acquired the land for Lost River State Park Master Marble and Bridgeport Marble exhibited millions of marbles at the World's Fair in Chicago The Gallipolis Locks and Dam began construction The Civilian Conservation Corps first became active in Monongahela National Forest Prohibition ends The National Recovery Administration was created with the passing of the National Industrial Recovery Ac Legislation passed establishing the Conservation Commission of West Virginia Camp Woodbine and Camp Cranberry were established by Civilian Conservation Corps in Richwood Ruth Rohde served as U.S. Minister to Denmark Eleanor Roosevelt convinced FDR to use congressionally approved federal funds to establish the first national subsistence homestead in Arthurdale Lynnside Manor, Monroe County, the traditional home of the Lewis family, burned down William Smith O'Brien became West Virginia secretary of state H. M. Calhoun died Buddy Starcher became popular performer at WCHS Charleston State Police field structure shrank to two companies State Police Criminal Investigation Bureau was organized Mel Moore and Billy Long led a strike at Weirton Steel Employees bought the Wheeling Traction Company and re-named it Cooperative Transit Company Festus Summers finished his doctorate at WVU The Braxton Democrat newspaper in Sutton compiled and reprinted the Wm. Byrne tales of Elk River West Virginia property tax revenue was at $27 million Fred Torrey created the "Lincoln Walks at Midnight" sculpture W. W. Trent became superintendent of Schools UMWA unionized the West Virginia coalfields Camp Watoga was created by the Civilian Conservation Corps Fred E. Brooks died WOBU changed to WCHS WCHS stopped sharing time with WSAZ in Huntington Wheeling Bank & Trust Company merged with Dollar Saving & Trust to form the Wheeling Dollar Saving & Trust Company The Athenaeum became the Daily Athenaeum Clyde O. Law became board chairman of West Virginia Wesleyan College The WWVA's Wheeling Jamboree country music show began A new central portion of Wheeling Hospital was constructed WHIS increased to 250 watts A strike at Widen occurred The Coal House was built in Williamson of bituminous coal Edwin S. Maclin became president of West Virginia Institute of Technology
1937
The first Tomato Festival occurred
1974
The first annual Apple Butter Festival was held at Berkeley Springs State Park Other events that happened on or around 1974 The Mountaineer Mall opened in Morgantown The Elkins newspaper building burned to the ground Jayne Anne Phillips graduated magna cum laude from WVU William Pierce co-founded the National Alliance A replica of Pricketts Fort was rebuilt Richard Freeland moved Rebel Records to Asbury in Greenbrier County Leonard Riggleman fought to prevent Morris Harvey College from being given to the state Rock Springs Park structures were sold to make way for a new road and Ohio River bridge. The B&O railroad tracks were removed in Rosbys Rock The St. Albans Archeological Site was placed on the National Register of Historic places Sam Snead left the Greenbrier for the Homestead Sites in Mingo, Logan and Wyoming counties were established for the southern West Virginia community and technical college Blaze Starr wrote an autobiography Sunrise mansion was added to the National Register of Historic Places Ewel Cornett assisted in reorganizing the Theatre West Virginia The Catholic Committee of Appalachia raised concerns regarding the economic and political inequalities A bronze casting of the "Lincoln Walks at Midnight" statue was made by Bernard Wiepper for the West Virginia capitol Twin Falls pioneer homestead completed A collection of Melville Davisson Post's stories were published in The Methods of Uncle Abner Congress abolished the Office of Economic Opportunity poverty agency Don West wrote O Mountaineers: A Collection of Poems The Folklore Society met at Fairmont State The Tomlinson mansion was added to the National Register of Historic Places WVU at Parkersburg enrollment was at 5,149 students Baggage claim addition was built at Kanawha (Yeager) Airport Conchata Ferrell won the Drama Desk, Obie and Theatre World Best Actress Awards
1996
Governor Gaston Caperton's family bought Seely Pine Furniture Other events that happened on or around 1996 Arden Cogar Jr. cut a 13-inch vertical white pine log in 15.01 seconds Joe Manchin first decided to run for governorship A floodwall was built at Matewan to protect the town from the Tug River The boarding-house prison that held Mother Jones was demolished by its owners Phyllis Reynolds Naylor was awarded the West Virginia Children's book Award for Boys Start the War Bhaktipada (Keith Gordon Ham) was imprisoned Bishop T. D. Jakes relocated to Texas to head a church and national media ministry The Sisters of Saint Joseph entered into a joint venture with Columbia HCA Marshall University defeated Montana for the NCAA 1-AA football championship Jim Sprouse served as state chairman of Charlotte Pritt's campaign The Sweet Springs resort was sold to private hands Tamarack opened Construction on an expansion on the Tolsia Highway began
2000
Morgan County had a population of 14,943 Other events that happened on or around 2000 Ceredo had 1,675 residents Charleston population fell to 53,421 Clay Foundation assets at $67 million Reported 44 chapters of the state society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Northern Panhandle and southeastern part of the state had highest median ages Eastern Panhandle and southwestern part of the state had lowest median ages Doddridge population reached 7,403 Dunbar had a population of 8,154 Charleston ranked 167th out of 318 Metropolitan Statistical Areas West Virginia's official poverty rate sat at 17.9% Elizabeth's population was 994 Fairmont had population of 19,097 People 65+ represented 15.3% of population in West Virginia Follansbee's population reported at 3,115 Forestlands of West Virginia reported at 78% of states' area Franklin population reported at 797 Grafton population stood at 2,489 Population of Grant County rose to 11,299 Greenbrier County had a population of 34,453 people Reported population of 32,667 in Hancock County Hardy County reported a population of 12,669 Harpers Ferry was reported with a population of 307 Harrisville held a population of 1,842 The U.S. Census reported the state's population at 1,808,350 The population of Hurricane was reported at 5,222 Census reported 3,606 Indians living in West Virginia Jackson County's population was 28,000 Ripley's population stood at 3,263 Ravenswood's population stood at 4,301 Kanawha County population was the largest in the state at 200,073 Kenova population remained the largest in Wayne County at 3,485 Keyser's population was 5,303 Keystone's population had fallen to 453 City of Logan population was 1,630 Logan County population reported at 37,710 Population of Madison was 2,677 Mannington population was 2,124 Reported 142,728 manufactured homes in West Virginia West Virginia had the third-highest home-ownership rates in the U.S. at 75.2% Marion County population stood at 56,598 Population of Marlinton was 1,204 Marshall County's population was 35,519 Martinsburg population was 75,905 The population of Mason county was 25,957 Census reported African-Americans were 11.9% of McDowell's population Population of McDowell County was 27,329 West Virginia had the country's highest median age at 38.9 years Mercer County population was 62,980 Reported 125,336 members of 1,341 United Methodist churches in West Virginia Middlebourne's population was 870 Milton's population was 2,206 Monongalia County had a population of 81,866 Monroe county had a population of 14,583 Morgantown population was 26,809 Moundsville had a population of 9,978 Population of New Cumberland was 1,099 Nicholas County had a population of 26,562 Census reports 141,060 people living in the Northern Panhandle Oak Hill population was 7,589 Population of Ohio County was 47,427 Eleven Orthodox Christian churches were listed in a church survey with 4,310 adherents Paden City's population was 2,860 Parkersburg's population was 33,099 The population of Paw Paw was 524 Franklin had 797 residents The population of Petersburg was 2,423 The population of Philippi was 2,870 Piedmont's population was 1,014 The population of Pineville was 715 The population of Pleasants County was 7,514 The population of Pocahontas County was 9,131 Richwood had a population of 2,477 Ritchie County's population was 10,343 Roane County population was 15,446 Reported 100,000 Catholics in West Virginia Romney had a population of 1,940 The population of St. Albans was 11,567 St. Marys population was at 2,017 Reported 3,060 second homes in Pocahontas County Shinnston's population was 2,295 South Charleston had a population of 13,390 Spencer had a population of 2,352 Sternwheel Regatta festivities were scaled back to an extended weekend Hinton's population was 2,880 Summersville population was 3,294 Sutton had a population 1,011 Taylor County population was 16,089 Tucker County population was 7,321 Union had a population of 548 Upshur County population was 23,404 Vienna had a population of 10.861 Wayne had a population of 1,105 Wayne County population was 42, 903 Webster County population was 9,719 Webster Springs had a population of 808 Weirton population was 20,411 Welch population was 2,683 Wellsburg population was 2,891 West Union had a population of 806 Weston's population was 4,317 Westover had a population of 3,941 Wetzel County had a population of 17,693 Wheeling population was 31,419 Population of White Sulphur Springs was 2,315 Williamson population was 3,414 Winfield population was 1,858 Wirt County had a population of 5,873 Wood County had a population of 87,986 View Articles by Existing Key Dates or Specify Your Own Date Range |
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