Waitman Barbe wrote "The Song of the Centuries," his first important poem
Arthur Boreman was elected to a circuit judgeship again
Bramwell was incorporated as a town
Sheltering Arms Hospital opened
Kanawha Gazette began regular daily publication
Danske Dandridge wrote Joy and Other Poems
Henry Gassaway Davis supported Benjamin Harrison for president
Fayette County became West Virginia leading coal producing county
Salem College was founded
Hamilton Hatter received a bachelor's degree from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine
Frank Hereford served as presidential elector
The town of Hurricane was incorporated
John Jacob left circuit judge to return to practicing law
Harriet Jones became assistant superintendent of the state hospital in Weston
Kanawha County became the state's second largest coal producer
The Logan Banner was founded by Henry Clay Ragland
Roger Saad became the first Lebanese immigrant to settle in Wheeling
The Martinsburg & Potomac railroad was extended to Frederick County, Virginia
The Kanawha & Ohio Railway completed a line from Charleston to Point Pleasant
The Elkhorn Tunnel through Flat Top Mountain was completed
Oakhurst Links was the home of the first regularly played golf tournament in the U.S.
The Fetterman Mill was destroyed by a flood.
Christopher Payne became first African American elected to represent West Virginia at the Republican national convention.
Graham Hamrick preserved two female corpses as Phillipi mummies
Livia Poffenbarger demanded the right to speak in support of a candidate at the state Democratic convention.
Electricity generate from natural gas brought streetlights to Parkersburg
Nathan Scott became a member of the Republican National Committee
Senate president Robert Carr tried to assert the right to become governor after a disputed election
Thomas J. Reynolds was born at Point Pleasant
Callie Leach French became the first woman to obtain a pilot's license
The Monongahela River flooded
William Luke founded the Piedmont Pulp & Paper Company, later Westvaco
H. C. Ogden came to Wheeling as a reporter for the Wheeling News
H.C. Ogden came to Wheeling as a reporter for the News
Albert White served as president of the National Editorial Association
Mountain State Business College was established
William H. Davis was nominated as an independent candidate for governor
