There were 33 churches belonging to the African Methodist Episcopal denomination with 1,325 members
The position of State Supervisor of Negro Schools and an appointed Negro Board of Education were created by the state
White mob lynched two black miners at Chapmanville
Alderson Baptist Academy became Alderson Baptist Academy and Junior College (now part of Alderson Broaddus University)
Mary Atkeson competed a PhD in Literature at Ohio State University
George Atkinson wrote Bench and Bar of West Virginia
First state tournament for girls' high school basketball was held at Spencer
John Peale Bishop was hired at Vanity Fair magazine after being stationed in Europe
Bethlehem Steel Corporation acquired the Bretz property
Don Chafin was shot when entering UMWA District 17 offices
American chestnut trees provided West Virginia with 118 million board feet of lumber
The normal school at Athens became independent as Concord State Normal School (now Concord University)
National coal and steel strikes
Governor John Cornwell supported the Red Flag legislation and Constabulary legislation in creating the State Police
John Warren Davis became president of West Virginia Collegiate Institute (now West Virginia State University)
Clarence Donnelly began his ministry
Dunbar was laid out by Dunbar Development Company
Legislature abolished first board and created a seven-member Board of Education
Gertrude Humphrey began work in WVU extension system
West Virginia enacted legislation that made it unlawful for livestock to be on the railroad right of way
Harrison Ferrell was stricken with polio
Nathan Goff married Katherine Penney
The West Virginia Good Roads Federation campaigned for amendment to make road improvements under slogan "Help Pull West Virginia Out of the Mud"
Greenwood Cemetery, on the National Road in Wheeling, became a nonprofit corporation
Mayor C. C. Testerman named Sid Hatfield Matewan's police chief
The Board of Children's Guardians was established
Dave Gideon became the sole owner of the Huntington Herald-Dispatch
The UMWA began efforts to unionize the mines of southern West Virginia
The problem of sharing Virginia's debt was finally settled
A large stone monument was erected at Jackson's Mill in the memory of Stonewall Jackson
Mother Jones joined the steelworkers' organizing drive in Pittsburgh
Joseph Joy won a patent for his design of a mechanical coal loader
Frank Keeney announced his intention to unionize the remainder of southern West Virginia coal mines
Teepi Kendrick helped found the West Virginia 4-H All Stars
Lakin State hospital was established by an act of the Legislature
Walter Martens began working for architect L. F. W. Stuebe of Danville
Louis Marx established Louis Marx & Company
Legislature provided for the establishment of mine rescue station to train personnel in rescue and first-aid work
Margaret Montague's story "England to America" won the O. Henry Award
Howard Sloan organized a congregation in Grafton
Greasy Neale played in the World Series for the Cincinnati Reds
The Nuttallburg mine was sold to Henry Ford
The Owens Bottle Machine Company changed to the Owens Bottle Company
Mateo Pinkard wrote his first hit, "Mammy 'o Mine" after moving to New York.
125 acres of land was purchased for the operation of the agriculture program.
A poultry extension program was started in West Virginia
The state received a federal grant for the control of venereal disease.
The West Virginia Department of Prohibition began
William Revercomb earned a law degree from the University of Virginia
Red Ribble moved to Prince
Rat Rodgers was named to the All-American teams
Rat Rodgers was the leading scorer in the nation
St. Mary's Glass opened
S. Orestes Bond became president of Salem College
Thomas C. Miller was designated president instead of principal of Shepherd College
The Twin Mountain & Potomac railroad line ended
WVU's football team amassed an 8-3 record
Weirton Steel added a blast furnace
Weirton Steel employees jumped to 11,630
Clint Thomas returned to Columbus after army service
W. W. Trent became secretary of the West Virginia Education Association
Tucker County's school enrollment peaked at 4,144 students
Attempts to unionize southern West Virginia occurred
West Virginia legislature created a Virginia Debt Sinking Fund to settle the Virginia Debt
Byrd Prillerman left as president of West Virginia Colored Institute (now West Virginia State University)
I. C. White received an honorary law degree from WVU
Carter G. Woodson began Associated Publishers Company
Carter G. Woodson began serving as Dean of Liberal Arts at Howard University
West Virginians participated in the Russian Expedition, a military fiasco
C. H. Mead completed the first commercial gas well in Wyoming County
Lenna Yost became the Washington correspondent for the National WCTU's Union Signal
West Virginia held a state basketball tournament for girls for the first time
T. G. Nutter became the first African-American to represent Kanawha County in the House of Delegates
