R. D. Bailey graduated from Valparaiso University in Indiana
Waitman Barbe wrote Famous Poems Explained
Broaddus Institute (now part of Alderson Broaddus University) moved from Clarksburg to Philippi
Rosa Pelham returned to the castle
The Birch Boom & Lumber Company built a sawmill near the mouth of Birch River
West Virginia legislature created the Board of Control which consolidated management and fiscal control over West Virginia's institutions
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph dubbed Bramwell the "Coalfield Capital"
Sturdevant and Johnson's partnership ended, factory ceased operation and buildings torn down
Camp Dawson was established
Elegant seven-story Waldo Hotel opened
West Virginia legislation prepared way for establishment of National Forest Reserve in Monongahela
Legislature authorized the governor to appoint a Forest, Game and Fish Warden
Consolidation Coal, Fairmont Coal and Somerset Coal companies combined into the Consolidation Coal Company
Danske Dandridge wrote George Michael Bedinger, a Kentucky Pioneer
Huntington annexed Central City
Legislation called for forest protection and research and provided fines and imprisonment for owners who intentionally or carelessly set fires
Sunday hunting and fishing was prohibited by legislature
Michael Owens began his own company to manufacture bottles in Fairmont and Clarksburg
Legislature appropriated funds to purchase Grave Creek Mound
A receiving vault was built at Greenwood Cemetery
Lincoln County destroyed by fire
City of Weirton was founded by Weirton Steel
Ernest T. Weir established Weirton Steel
The broad-gauge Harrisville Southern Railroad began to run to Cornwallis
The Herald-Dispatch began with the merger of the Herald and the Huntington Dispatch
Only two county seats in West Virginia were connected by paved highways
Legislature established the State Road Fund and the position of state commissioner of public roads
Timber production in West Virginia reached its long-time record of 1.5 billion board feet
The Jackson Iron & Tin Company relocated to Holiday Cove in Hancock County
Garland Wilson was born in Martinsburg
Dr. Hugh G. Nicholson leased the Barber Sanatorium and added a nursing school
James Kay opened mines on Campbells Creek
Keystone was incorporated
George Kossuth opened his own photography studio
Howard B. Lee began to practice law in Bluefield
The Morgantown Republican merged with the New Dominion-News
The first congregation of the Church of the Nazarene in West Virginia appeared in Martinsburg
Pardee & Curtin opened a double-band sawmill at Hominy Falls.
Princeton was chartered as a city
The Virginian Railway was completed, the last entry into West Virginia's coalfields.
Ritchie Mines were abandoned
A second sawmill for St. Lawrence was built for Neola
The hotel in Shannondale Springs burned down again
Thomas C. Miller became administrator of Shepherd College
The Pope Dock Company built Goldenrod
A stone sculpture of a frontiersman was dedicated in memory of the Battle of Point Pleasant
A steel strike in Wheeling failed
Ernest Weir expanded the Phillips Sheet and Tin Plate Company from Clarksburg
West Virginia tobacco production peaked at 14,400,000 pounds
Fred Torrey enrolled at the Art Institute of Chicago
T. C. Townsend first served as the state tax commissioner
The name changed from Education Association of West Virginia to the State Education Association
Byrd Prillerman became president of West Virginia Colored Institute (now West Virginia State University)
The Western Maryland Railway company was organized
White Sulphur Springs was incorporated as a town
The Wirt County courthouse in Elizabeth burned down
Completion of the Virginian Railway sparked an industrial boom in Mullens
