Gauley Mountain

Robert Strider became bishop of the Episcopal Church

George Bird Evans bought a historic farm near Brandonville

Farm tenancy prevailed on 25% of all West Virginia farms

Harcourt, Brace and Company published Louise McNeill's book of poems, Gauley Mountain

There were reported 55 one-room schools in Gilmer County

West Virginia Conservation Commission purchased land for roadside park, now Grandview

Davis Grubb went to New York City as a page for NBC

Davis Grubb's first commercial writing was a show for WBLK-Clarksburg

Gov. Homer Holt sent a letter promising support if the striking miners in Fayette, Raleigh, Mercer and McDowell counties returned to work without labor contract

Big Bill Lias opened a string of casino-nightclubs along Market Street in Wheeling

Enrollment at Marshall College (now University) peaked at 2,177 students

Louise McNeill married Roger Pease

Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes was instrumental in uniting the three branches of the Methodist Church

Betty Bartholomew retired as WVU herbarium curator

WVU Educational Building dedicated on grounds of CAMC Memorial Division

Stephen Coonts left active duty in Navy and moved to Colorado

Muriel Dressler published second collection of poetry, Appalachia

Ellis Dungan produced For Liberty and Union

Edgewood Country Club built a small clubhouse and golf course at Derrick Creek new Pocatalico

Robert Atkinson ordained the first women priests among West Virginia Episcopalians

Breece D'J Pancake wrote short story "Time and Again"

William K. Simmons became president of Glenville State College

Goldenseal magazine was placed under the new Division of Culture and History

Davis Grubb returned to West Virginia for a statewide speaking tour

The legislature created a consolidated Department of Health combining the old Department of Health, the Department of Mental Health, Commission on Mental Retardation, public institutions and smaller boards and commissions

Legislation created the West Virginia Division of Culture and History

Protesting finally ended over the Kanawha County textbook controversy

Paul D. Marshall & Associates was incorporated in Charleston

John Sayles wrote the novel Union Dues

J. Kemp McLaughlin retired from the military

Marshall University School of Medicine was established

M. Blane Michael began serving as special counsel to Governor Rockefeller