Brook Trout

The Apple Butter Festival was founded in Berkeley Springs

Augusta Heritage Center was begun by a group of Randolph County women

The merger of the B&O and the C&O was finalized

An unsuccessful merger was attempted between Bluefield State (now University) and Concord College (now University)

Billy Coffindaffer became president of Bluefield State College (now University)

William Brotherton Jr. began first term as president of the Senate

Park became a full-fledged resort

A new kitchen and mechanical wing opened at Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital in Parkersburg

Claymont Court was added to the National Register of Historic Place

Colonial Dames moved the Craik-Patton House to Daniel Boone Park

New construction to complete Corridor D into Ohio began

BB&T acquired One Valley Bank

The West Virginia Baptist Convention reported 463 churches

Community Newspaper Holdings of Alabama bought the Beckley Register-Herald

Facilities in Beech Fork State Park opened

A statue of Buckongahelas and his son Mahonegon was erected in Buckhannon's Jawbone Park

Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital in Parkersburg added a cardiac catheterization laboratory

City National Bank stock fell to a fraction of its former price

NiSource and Columbia Natural Resources merged

Stephen Coonts wrote Hong Kong