The Greenbrier

West Virginia had 40,000 farms in 8.6 million acres

Split between the Northern and Southern Baptists mended

Belle Boyd married again to John Swainston

Second governor of West Virginia, Daniel D.T. Farnsworh lived in Buckhannon

Johnson Newlon Camden entered the refining business at Parkersburg

Coke replaced anthracite as the leading blast furnace fuel in America

Peter G. Van Winkle term as West Virginia's first U.S. senator ended

Fairmont State Regency normal was renamed the Fairmont Branch Normal (Fairmont State University)

Trinity Church in Huntington held its first services at Cabell County Courthouse

West Virginia passed its first game laws

Cooper's Mill was built in Summers County

Helvetia was settled by German-speaking Swiss immigrants

George Imboden married Angi M. Dickinson

The Kanawha Valley Bank built a two-story bank at the intersection of Kanawha Blvd and Capitol St in Charleston

James Kay migrated to America

Another boundary shift occurred in Lincoln County

Stogie makers were among the first trades in Wheeling to unionize

The C&O railway had begun construction in Milton

Johnson Newlon Camden established one of the country's first oil refineries in Parkersburg.

George Peterkin was ordained as an Episcopal priest.

A Chesapeake & Ohio Railway branch was completed into Greenbrier County

An arsonist burned the Preston County courthouse destroying most of the county records from 1818-69

Spring Hill Cemetery was dedicated as the Charleston municipal cemetery

Edward W. Stifel Sr. was born

The Laurel Fork & Sand Hill Railroad was constructed in Volcano

The first West Virginia Historical Society began

The West Virginia Press Association was formed

Emanuel Wilson was admitted to the bar

Susan Dew married James Hoff

Appalachian Power Company began

Daniel Willard became president of B&O

Mannington, Fairmont, Clarksburg, and Grafton baseball teams formed the Class D West Virginia League

Charleston entered professional baseball

Beckley population rose to 2,161

Bluefield's population exceeded 10,000

U.S. Supreme Court established boundary between Preston County, West Virginia and Garrett County, Maryland

Pearl Buck returned to the U.S. after living in China

Pine Run School was built

Annie G. Packette raised $50,000 to construct Charleston Opera House

Charleston Mail sold to Samuel Dixon

Men including John W. Davis published the Culpeper Exponent

U.S. Bureau of Mines created after the Fairmont disaster of 1907

West Virginia coke production peaked at 4,217,381 tons

Justus Collins opened Winding Gulf mine

Danske Dandridge wrote Historic Shepherdstown

Levi Dean began practicing architecture in Charleston

The first deer hunting season was established

West Virginia's approximate deer population was 1,000

Thurmond accounted for almost 20% of all revenue generated on C&O Railway

Isaac Morris sold Easton Roller Mill to William Ley

West Virginia schools had fallen behind national averages

West Virginia had only 12 fully accredited high schools

The Department of Education increased to five divisions

Golden era of glass production ended

Aretas Fleming pushed to establish the U.S. Bureau of Mines

A. B. Brooks compiled a report on West Virginia forests

Thaddeus Fowler returned to West Virginia

Number of farms in West Virginia stood at 97,000

Glass factory employment totaled 7,500 workers

The Meadow River Lumber Company was organized in Rainelle

Rimfire Hamrick opened a jewelry, watch repair, and gunsmith shop in Webster Springs

The High Gate mansion was built for James Edwin Watson

Census reported 5,939 Hungarians in West Virginia

Census showed 17 Irish families and 82 person occupying Irish Mountain

Reported 17,000 Italian immigrants in West Virginia

McDowell County reported the most Italian immigrants in West Virginia with 2,300

City of Ranson was established

Reported most of the Kelly Axe Company's grinders were natives of Poland or Russia

Harley Kilgore graduated from Mannington High School

Sarah Ann Legg appealed her case for murder of Jay Legg and was acquitted of all charges

Lincoln County had a population of 20,491

Signs bearing "Chew Mail Pouch Tobacco, Treat yourself to the Best" began appearing

Akro Agate was founded in Ohio

Marlinton had a tannery, two banks, two newspapers, 20 stores, a hospital, opera house, fire department, school, water system, & electric power

Marlinton Opera House was built by J. C. Tilton

John Matheus graduated from Western Reserve University (Case Western Reserve) in Cleveland, Ohio

The original sawmill of the Meadow River Lumber Company was built

The McKendree and Welch hospitals opened affiliated nursing schools

Morgantown population rose to 9,150

Howard Sloan organized the first enduring work of the Church of the Nazarene in West Virginia

The New York Central gained control of the Toledo & Ohio Central

Niagara Movement failed to meet

The O. Ames company arrived in Parkersburg

37 of the state's 55 counties were completely dry or allowed the prohibition of the sale of liquor under local option laws.

The C&O and Virginian railroads had penetrated every section of Raleigh County

A factory making buttons from river mussel shell opened in St. Marys

Nathan Scott lost the Republican nomination

The Raine brothers established the Meadow River Lumber Company

Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes ruled that the Swan lands had been forfeited to the state because taxes had not been paid

Thurmond had a population of 315

The B&O railroad penetrated the Trough

Tucker County population peaked at 18,675

U.S. Coal & Coke built 12 individual company towns at Gary

The steamboat Virginia went aground on a falling Ohio River and ended up in a cornfield at Ravenswood

The Meyercord-Carter Company reorganized as the Vitrolite Company

The Greenbrier, Cheat & Elk Railroad was incorporated

T. Edward Hill joined the McDowell Times

Ohio Valley Glass became Paul Wissmach Glass Company

Alderson-Broaddus College (now University) established the first baccalaureate nursing program in West Virginia

William "Wally" Barron was discharged from the army as a sergeant

Normantown won unclassified basketball tournaments against all

Florence Blanchfield received the Distinguished Service Medal

Bill Blizzard was appointed president of UMWA District 17

Harry Brawley became director of political affairs at Charleston radio WCHS

Bill approved for a city-county hospital in Huntington

Fannie Cobb Carter became dean of women at National Trade and Professional School for Women and Girls in Washington

Extension of Route 39 linking Richwood to Marlinton was finished

Oliver Chitwood published the first volume of A Short History of the American People

George W. Hand became the president of Fairmont State College

Ann Flagg graduated from West Virginia State College (now University)

U.S. Forest Service reports 8.7 billion board feet of timber volume

Gunner Gatski played at Auburn University

Alberta Pierson Hannum wrote Spin a Silver dollar: The Story of a Desert Trading Post

The name Happy Retreat was restored after being named Mordington by Isaac Douglas

The West Virginia Health Department assumed advisory medical supervision of state hospitals

Joseph Hodges began serving as director of the Roman Catholic Diocesan Mission Band in Richmond, VA

Italian POWs were repatriated, and many returned to America

Maryat Lee graduated from Wellesley College in religious studies

Big Bill Lias purchased Wheeling downs racetrack on Wheeling Island

Dora Ruth Parks became the executive secretary of the Library Commission

The United Zinc Smelting Corporation ceased operations in Marshall County

Bernard McDonough began a concrete business in Houston

The UMWA proposed a royalty to 10 cents per ton of coal to be paid to the union to provide medical services in the coalfields

The Monongahela Power & Railway Company changed to Monongahela Power Company, discontinuing street car business

The first issue of the bi-monthly National Hillbilly News appeared

Otis Rice received an M.A. in education at WVU

Eleanor Roosevelt began serving as U.S. representative to the United Nations

Louis Jordan composed "Salt Pork, West Virginia"

The one-room Cave School located in Germany Valley, Pendleton County, closed

Julia Davis published The Shenandoah

Julia Davis published The Shenandoah

The Strayer Report recommended basic reforms in the delivery of public education in West Virginia

The Sunrise mansion and adjoining mansion were acquired by the Salvation Army

Legislation to protect the environment from surface mining was enacted

The state of West Virginia purchased the Sweet Springs property and established the Andrew S. Rowan Memorial Home

Clint Thomas began working in the state capitol as messenger for the Department of Mines

Morris Harvey College (now University of Charleston) enrollment was at 2,000 students

There were 225 students enrolled at West Liberty

Kelly Miller was hired to coach at West Virginia State

Victorine Louistall became the first African-America female to earn a graduate degree from WVU

Reported 6,000 wild turkeys in West Virginia

M.J. Horsch became president of West Virginia Institute of Technology

John Ross Eakin suffered a stroke, ending his National Park Service career

The end of private education at Storer College in Harpers Ferry

New campus for Appalachian Bible Institute opened in Bradley

Gray Barker wrote his best-known book, They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers

Blackwater Lodge opened at Blackwater State Park

Boundary dispute between West Virginia and Virginia involving Monroe, Giles, and Alleghany Counties

Chauncey H. Browning was Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court

Cabell Huntington Hospital first opened for business

Lodge at Cacapon State Park was completed with a restaurant and banquet hall

The "golden" trout was spawned with regular rainbow trout at state fire hatchery

Charles Town Opera House was condemned

City National Bank was organized in Charleston

Roy Clarkson joined Department of Biology at WVU

Mine at Bishop exploded

Chapman Revercomb last Republican to be elected to the Senate in West Virginia

Associated Dry Goods bought the Diamond Department Store

Elizabeth Drewry helped pass constitutional amendment allowing women to serve on juries in West Virginia

Pete Everest graduated from Armed Forces Staff College

Pete Everest flew the X-2 at Mach 3

Ruel Foster wrote Elizabeth Madox Roberts, American Novelist

Charleston's Garnet High School closed

The state Board of Education authorized the construction of the student center, Pioneer Center, at Glenville State College

Joseph C. Gluck became pastor of the Forks-of-Cheat Baptist Church

Davis Grubb wrote Shadow of My Brother

Minnie Buckingham Harper's second husband John B. Paterson died

Hazel Atlas Company operated 12 plants across the U.S.

Chuck Howley was named the Southern Conference Athlete of the Year

Sam Huff played with the New York Giants to win a championship game

The peak patient population at the Huntington State Hospital was 1,460

The federal Interstate Highway Act was passed

Jean Lee Latham won the Newbery Award for Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

Jean Lee Latham won the Newbery Award for Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

The Library Services Act by Congress enabled the Library Commission to acquire federal funding for public libraries in West Virginia

Clagg and Britton produced an atlas of West Virginia emphasizing historical factors and statewide economic data

Camden Eli "Cam" Henderson died

William Marland tried to fill the vacant U.S. Senate seat

G. Ogden Nutting started his newspaper career as a reporter and news editor for the Martinsburg Journal

Mason College of Music and Fine Arts merged with Morris Harvey College (now University of Charleston)

Thomas Miller graduated from the WVU College of Law

The West Virginia Mountain State Gospel Singers Corporation was chartered

Alfred Knobler opened the new Pilgrim Glass plant on Walker Branch Road in Ceredo

The community of Port Amherst received that name

The Pruntytown Industrial School for Boys was reintegrated

The N&W was West Virginia's last steam powered railroad

Mary Lee Settle wrote O Beulah Land

The Mann's Creek Railroad line closed

Planning for Sutton Dam continued

Direct distance telephone dialing was introduced in Wheeling and Moundsville

The Greenbrier art colony was reopened with the work of Gladys Tuke and Jeanne Eleanore Coyne

Cecil Underwood became a leading spokesman for the Republican Party

A silicones products plant was built in Sistersville

Andre Van Damme founded the Charleston Ballet

Jerry West led East Bank High School to the state basketball championship

The West Virginia Publishing Company changed name to West Virginia Education Foundation

The timber flooring of the Wheeling Suspension Bridge was replaced with open steel grid

West Virginia Institute of Technology was accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Katherine Johnson's first husband died of a brain tumor

Ellie Schaul moved to West Virginia

Citizens in Grafton formed the International Mother's Day Shrine Commission.

C&O and B&O merger continues

John Hodel became editor of the Beckley Register

Clair Bee wrote Comeback Cagers, the last of the Chip Hilton series

Betsy Byars published her first book, Clementine

Fannie Cobb Carter returned to Charleston

West Virginia purchased 11 miles of logging railroad and established Cass Scenic Railroad State Park

Charleston's population peaked at 85,796

Franklin Cleckley earned B.A. from Anderson College

James Dent began writing the Charleston Gazette's "Gazetteer" column

Duncan Yo-Yo Company hit its peak sales with 18 million yo-yos

The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation was organized

Davis Grubb wrote Voices of Glory

Hawkshaw Hawkins returned to King Records and recorded "Lonesome 7-7203"

The state purchased and planned restoration of the former logging town of Cass

Joseph Hodges succeeded John Swint as the fifth bishop of the diocese of Wheeling

William Hoffman wrote A Place For My Head

Interwoven Mills ownership changed

Kaymoor mine closed

The original Kingwood Tunnel was closed and sealed

John Knowles wrote Morning in Antibes

William Marland took a job as a Chicago taxi driver to "compose his character"

A new dormitory was constructed at Marshall University

West Virginia Archeological Society members Delf Norona, Oscar Mairs and Bob White described the May Moore Mound as the third largest in West Virginia

J. Kemp McLaughlin was appointed assistant adjutant general with promotion to brigadier general

J. Kemp McLaughlin served as Kanawha County commissioner

Mildred Mitchell-Bateman was appointed the director of the Department of Mental Health by Governor Barron

Plum Orchard Lake was constructed

Donald Rasmussen came to West Virginia as associate chief of internal medicine at Miners Memorial Hospital in Beckley

Nat Reese was hired as a photographic silk-screen printer at Rockwell International's aviation plant in Princeton

Eleanor Roosevelt stopped serving as U.S. representative to the United Nations

The C. Z. Ruth Memorial Annex at St. Joseph's Hospital in Parkersburg was built to accommodate major services

The Sheriff's Succession Amendment was first rejected by legislation

WVU Rod Thorn became All-American in basketball

Catholic population in West Virginia was 110,000

There were 100 Catholic churches, a new cathedral five hospitals 43 elementary and secondary schools, one college and a preparatory seminary in West Virginia

Cyrus Vance became secretary of the army

Jerry West set the record for guards with 63 points in one game

Dr. Herbert Warden performed the first open-heart surgery in West Virginia

A fire ended racing at Wheeling Downs

Wheeling College (now Wheeling University) received national accreditation

Chuck Yeager became commander of the Aerospace Research Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base

Billy Cox moved to Nashville and formed the King Kasuals with Jimi Hendrix

Weston State Hospital became a National Historic Landmark

Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler met for the first time since their World War II encounter

Old Main at Bethany College was designated a National Historic Landmark

Bethany College's Old Main, The Greenbrier, and Weston State Hospital were designated National Historic Landmarks