German Dunkards

Fort Pleasant was constructed

Construction of Fort Stanwix began

Washington organized small chain of forts in the South Branch and Potomac valleys

Nicholas Carpenter was killed in an Indian attack

Stephen Sewell was killed by Indians at his cabin

Thomas Walker served in the House of Burgesses

George Fairfax inherited Belvoir when dad died

Christopher Gist was appointed Indian agent

George Jackson was born

Later revisions of the Fry-Jefferson maps appeared

Cornstalk led raiders that killed a family in Virginia

Occasional Indian raids continued in Virginia

Christopher Gist died from smallpox

England controlled key positions in North America

Edward Jackson was born

First women served on faculty at Bethany College

Norfolk & Western Railway located its Pocahontas Division headquarters in Bluefield

Chesapeake & Ohio Railway line constructed from Richmond to Tidewater at Newport News

J. R. Clifford founded, edited, and published the Pioneer Press

Coal River locks and dams abandoned

West Virginia adopted a minimum salary law for teachers

M. Lizzie Dickey, one of the first women to hold a high post in education, left as acting principal at what is now known as Fairmont State University

Law was passed prohibiting the hunting, chasing or wounding of deer between January 15 and September 1

The Hatfield and McCoy Feud began

Milton Humphreys was elected president of the American Philological Association

Welded-steel pipe was first introduced to Wheeling

Jacob Jackson called the legislature into special session to re-codify the state's laws

John Quincy Dickinson became president of Kanawha Valley Bank after William Dickinson's death

James Miller became superintendent of Summers County School

James Miller married Jane Tompkins Miller

The Smithsonian Institution established the Division of Mound Studies

The Ohio Valley Trades and Labor Assembly was founded in Aetnaville, Ohio

The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad decided to extend down the Ohio from Wheeling to Parkersburg.

J.W.M Appleton revived the Salt Sulphur Springs resort

Henry Schmulbach purchased the Nail City Brewery

Telephone switchboards were installed in Parkersburg

The West Virginia Classical and Normal Academy was established in Upshur County

Wayne was incorporated as Fairview

William Wilson was selected as president of WVU

Charles Ambler received a doctorate in social sciences

Virginian Railway began building a new line

Louis Bennett Sr. unsuccessfully ran for governor

Legislature authorized the purchase of land to serve as training base

Fannie Cobb Carter organized teacher-training department at West Virginia Colored Institute (now West Virginia State University)

William Conley was appointed to unexpired term as West Virginia attorney general

Forest fires destroyed 1.7 million acres

Congress prepared way for establishment of National Forest Reserve in Monongahela

Legislature replaced the Board of Examiners with state Board of Education

4-H movement in West Virginia began in Monroe County

William Glasscock resigned as internal revenue collector to run for governor

Henry Hatfield became a member of the West Virginia Senate

Herman Kump elected prosecuting attorney in Randolph County

Clark W. May died

William Alexander MacCorkle wrote Some Southern Questions

I. T. Mann served as a delegate to the Republican national convention

Johnson Camden McKinley became a millionaire coal operator

The Mercer Healing Springs Corporation was bought out by Rufus G. Meador

James Miller published History of Summers County

Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller divorced her husband and moved to Boston after discovering his infidelities

West Virginia legislature rejected every mine safety law proposed

President Teddy Roosevelt advocated the formation of a federal agency to investigate mine accidents, teach accident prevention and conduct mine safety research

Margaret Montague published In Calvert's Valley

The Morgantown Weekly Post and the Morgantown Chronicle merged

Anna Jarvis founded Mother's Day

The Church of the Nazarene was established as a national body

Matthew M. Neely was elected mayor of Fairmont

There were 2,592 normal school-students

Oak Park opened

Poles became the third-largest immigrant group working in the West Virginia coal mines

Responding to a worldwide epidemic, the Board of Health recommended that West Virginia make provision for the care and treatment of tuberculosis

Ritter Park was originally purchased by the city of Huntington

The last log drive of the St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company

The West Virginia Socialist Party spread to Huntington

E. M. Statler opened the Buffalo Statler

The Wellsburg, Bethany & Washington interurban railway was built

William P. Tams launched the Gulf Smokeless Coal Company in the new Winding Gulf coalfield

An act of Congress provided for a battlefield monument at Point Pleasant

Sistersville General Hospital was founded

A. Fremont Gold and W. Alfred Gold built twin houses in Mason

Vitrolite was manufactured by the Meyercord-Carter Company in Vienna

Fire destroyed the building of the Baptist State Convention

I.C. White wrote an extensive report on the coal resources of Brazil

I.C. White was invited by the Teddy Roosevelt administration to speak at the first White House Conference on conservation

Lenna Yost became the state president of WCTU

Credit unions began appearing in the United States