Jack Glasscock

Sensational articles of the Hatfield-McCoy Feud by Theron C. Crawford published in New York

B&O hauled 31% of nation's Tidewater-bound soft coal

Bluefield incorporated as a town

Bank of Bramwell opened

Matthew Clair graduated from Morgan College in Baltimore

Downtown streets of Clarksburg lit up by electricity

Cribs and booms located to direct logs into Coal River's main channel

Elkins was founded

The membership of Post No.1 of General Army of the Republic peaked at 3,161

The first major outbreak of the gypsy moth occurred

The Weekly Advertiser became a daily publication as the Advertiser

Harold Houston graduated from Charleston High School

Kenova founded by L. T. Peck

The West Virginia Bureau of Labor was created by state legislature

Daniel Lucas began serving as a justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals

William MacCorkle left prosecuting attorney's office

I.T. Mann had an apprenticeship at Greenbrier Valley Bank

Alexander Martin left DePauw University

Hu Maxwell wrote Idyls of the Golden Shore

The first oil was discovered in Monongalia County

Navigable slack water was extended to the Morgantown area

Anticlinal theory of oil and gas location was developed by I. C. White of WVU

The anticlinal theory of oil and gas location was first tested in Mannington

Pennzoil was founded

An iron truss bridge was built over the New River

West Virginia apple production was at 4.5 million bushels

William Nelson Page was president of Gauley Mountain Coal

Charles Ritter moved to West Virginia

Sheltering Arms Hospital saw its first patient

All telephone exchanges in northern West Virginia were interconnected

The legislature renamed the militia the West Virginia National Guard

William Luke opened a pulp mill and incorporated the West Virginia Paper Company

Albert White was appointed as internal revenue agent

Emanuel Wilson advocated antitrust legislation and increased immigration into the state

Major timbering began in Wyoming County

Carrie Edwards married Abraham L. Williams

George Atkinson wrote Prominent Men of West Virginia

Harry Bandholtz graduated from West Point

Electricity came to Martinsburg

Many Bloch Brothers employees joined the Tobacco Workers Union

Marshall University started botany classes

Charles Frederik Millspaugh suggested need for an arboretum at WVU

John J. Cornwell and brother William purchased the Hampshire Review

Stephen Elkins built his home, Halliehurst, in Elkins

William Glasscock became the clerk of the county circuit court

Nathan Goff Jr. bought the Clarksburg Telegram

The Lewisburg Academy changed its name to Greenbrier Military Academy

Capt. Gordon C. Greene bought the steamboat H.K. Bedford

John P. Hale helped and Virgil Lewis found the West Virginia Historical and Antiquarian Society

The Herald began publication

Thomas Lovett built the Hilltop House in Harpers Ferry

Reported 236 native Hungarians in West Virginia

Congress enacted the McKinley tariff to stimulate the domestic production of tin plate

Jehovah Witnesses built the New Light church

The original line of the Norfolk & Western from Kenova to Mingo County was completed

Construction on municipal water and sewer systems began in Weston

Virgil Lewis began long career of historical writing

The Lincoln County Feud ended during the winter

The Hatfield and McCoy Feud ended

Joseph Long and partner founded the Wheeling News

The Middlesex Knitting Company was established in Martinsburg

Federal building in the Richardsonian Romanesque architecture style was built in Martinsburg

A Mennonite meetinghouse was built near Lost River

Commercial mining in Mingo County began with arrival of the N&W

A post office was established at Minnehaha Springs

Fairmont Electric Light and Power began operating a plant on the Monongahela River

A vast tank field was established in southeast Morgantown due to rapid expansion of oil and gas industry

A coal mine opened at Beechwood along the B&O line

Michael L. Benedum entered the industry as an employee of Standard Oil

The N&W acquired the Scioto Valley Railway

Herschel Ogden founded the Wheeling Daily News

Herschel Ogden married Mary Frances Moorehouse

Earl Oglebay, John D. Rockefeller and David Z Norton formed partnership, Oglebay Norton Co.

Pardee & Curtin Lumber Company erected a band sawmill at Sutton.

Parsons population was 84.

Daniel Purinton left WVU to become president of Denison College.

William Ritter began a logging operation in Mercer county

The statue of Patrick Henry at Monongalia Courthouse was moved indoors

The McKinley Tariff passed including duties on tin plate

Howard Sutherland moved to Washington as an official in the Census Bureau

Telephone switchboards were installed at Grafton

Aretas B. Fleming became governor of West Virginia

A springhouse was constructed at Webster Springs

C. F. Millspaugh published Agricultural Experiment Station bulletins on West Virginia's Weeds

Midway and Lazearville were annexed to Wellsburg

Weston had electric lights

The site of Williamson was still farmland

There were 6,247 residents in Wyoming County

The Bluefield DailyJournal closed

Land purchased for $24,757 for Cabell County Courthouse

Huntington established Chamber of Commerce

Reuben Gold Thwaites edition of Chronicles of Border Warfare was published, which provides corrections to some errors of fact or interpretation

Clay was incorporated

$20,000 appropriated for new academic building at what is now known as Concord University

John William Davis (originally from Clarksburg) graduated from law school at Washington and Lee

Bethany Chapter of Delta Tau Delta ceased activity

Distinct historic courthouse was built in Fayetteville

Harrisville, the county seat of Ritchie County, was named in honor of Thomas Harris

The Montgomery Preparatory School (West Virginia University Institute of Technology) was founded

Lewis County's first high school was established

Joseph Long sold the Herald

West Virginia passed a law preventing railroad from engaging in the business of buying and selling coal

A formal community of Orthodox Christians was founded in Bluefield

Michael Owens had perfected machinery for blowing tumblers, light bulbs and lamp chimneys

Extensive timbering began along the Pocatalico River

A timber company began extensive operations on the waters of Pocatalico which added to Poca's growth.

Morris Shawkey came to West Virginia as professor of education at West Virginia Wesleyan College

E. M. Statler left the McLure House for Buffalo, New York

Ephraim Wells opened the Wells Hotel in Sistersville

The Virginia was built in Cincinnati

Ralph Weinberg was born in Baltimore

The McDowell County courthouse at Welch was constructed

Welch population was at 300

Agnes Westbrook Morrison was the first woman to graduate from College of Law at WVU

Agnes Howard Hall, now on the Register of Historic Places, was built as a residence for women at West Virginia Wesleyan College

Williamson became the county seat of Mingo County

William Wilson became postmaster general under President Cleveland's cabinet

Hurry-up Yost played tackle on the WVU football team

A.S. Withers wrote an early report of Betty Zane's save of Fort Henry in Chronicles of Border Warfare