Appalachian Craftsmen, Inc.

Mary Atkeson died in Putnam County

Betsy Byars received the Newbery Medal for The Summer of the Swan

Amtrak began service

McMillan became part of Charleston General Hospital (now Charleston Area Medical Center)

Enrollment at Concord College (now University) increased to 2,019

Samuel Cooper received the Human Rights Commission Award

Jorea Marple moved to Kanawha County

Patch Adams moved to Washington to raise money for a "free-care" hospital

Beech Fork State Park opened

Governor Rockefeller recommended $5.1 million appropriation in the state budget to build a lodge at Beech Fork State Park

The Hot Rize bluegrass band was founded

Maurice Brooks named "Man of the Year" by Charleston Gazette

Betsy Byars received the New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year for Goodbye, Chicken Little

Surgery suite added to Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital in Parkersburg

Camp Washington-Carver transferred to West Virginia Department of Culture and History for rural cultural arts center

Referendum approved Sunday racing

Charleston Ordnance Center lease was taken over by Volkswagen

The Home of Belle Boyd became a museum and archive center

Patch Adams bought a 310-acre farm in Pocahontas County

Blacks made up less than 3% of coal miners

New Main at Alderson-Broaddus College (now University) opened at a cost of $2 million

Anthony Correctional Center began accepting adult males

Blakeley house was added to the National Register of Historic Places

First Annual Conference on West Virginia's Black History hosted by First Baptist Church of Charleston

Princeton joined the Appalachian Rookie League in baseball

Another 43 acres was added to Bear Rock Lakes

Pinckney Benedict Received M.F.A from Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa

Jerold Dugger resigned as president of Bluefield State College (now University)

Gassaway depot was closed by CSX

West Virginia was forced to reimburse $9.5 million to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for Buffalo Creek Flood recovery work

Cabell Huntington Hospital Inc. became the new corporation governing the hospital

Third generation took over Capon Springs Resort