William T. Brotherton Jr.

School constructed at Arthurdale based on progressive education

Tri-County Airport, now the Harrison-Marion Regional Airport at Bridgeport, began as a grass airstrip

Morris Harvey College was moved to Charleston (now University of Charleston), under the leadership of Leonard Riggleman

Bluestone Dam authorized by FDR

Pearl Buck divorced her husband

The Tick Ridge fire tower was completed at what is now Cabwaylingo State Forest.

State Department of Public Welfare established Camp Brock

Fannie Cobb Carter named director of adult education for Kanawha County schools

Frederick M. Staunton named publisher of the Charleston Daily Mail

Charleston National Bank and First Huntington National controlled a full 25% of the financial resources of all national banks in West Virginia

Congress passed Wheeler-Rayburn Bill becoming Public Utility Holding Company Act

C. Donald Robertson was reelected attorney general

Gus Douglass was elected Commissioner of Agriculture

Gus Douglass first elected commissioner of agriculture

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)

Brook trout named the state fish of West Virginia

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

Gaston Caperton took his oath of office as governor

Hazel Dickens received the first Merit Award for contribution to bluegrass by International Bluegrass Music Association

J. Davitt McAteer became head of the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration

Stephen Coonts wrote The Intruders

Ellis Dungan was inducted into the Wheeling Hall of Fame

Floods occurred despite the Burnsville Dam

There were rowboats on Main Street in Glenville because of flood

The school in Harrisville was closed