Frank Hutchison

Levi Dean built his office in downtown Huntington

Diamond Department Store was built at site of old state capitol

Douglass School gained accreditation from the North Central Association of Schools and Colleges

Irvin Dugan began working as newspaper artist

First commercial synthetic wood alcohol, methanol, was made at Belle

William Eagle's grave was discovered in Smoke Hole

Garnet High School moved to corner of Shrewsbury and Lewis streets in Charleston

Country music star Vernon Dalhart recorded "The Miner's Doom," written by John Unger about the Berkeley Glass Sand explosions

All larger cities were linked by hard-surface roads

Alberta Pierson Hannum received a B.A. from the Ohio State University

Don Redman joined McKinney's Cotton Pickers

Homer Holt began working with Governor Kump on the state's finances following the stock market crash

Homer Laughlin China Company suspended operations in East Liverpool, Ohio

The stock market crash hurt the profits of Interwoven Mills

Weirton Steel Corporation merged with Michigan Steel of Detroit and M.A. Hanna Steel of Cleveland to form National Steel Corporation

The McWhorter cabin was moved to Jackson's Mill

Stock market crash forced the James Produce Company into bankruptcy

John L. Dickinson moved Kanawha Valley Bank into new building at the former site of the capitol building

Tom Kromer began traveling the country by freight train

Cousin Abe Lilly organized the Lilly Reunion Association

The Logan County coal industry began to decline

The Citizen's National Bank was absorbed by the Charleston National Bank

I. T. Mann's business empire collapsed at the onset of the Depression

Walter Martens completed the work for Homeland, a skillfully designed Colonial-revival residence in Lewisburg

Bernard McDonough specialized in building gas stations in the greater Parkersburg area

The Department of Mines had 25 inspectors and three inspectors at large

Bath Square became Berkeley Springs State Park

The Owens Bottle Company merged with Illinois Glass Company to become Owens-Illinois Glass Company

Maceo Pinkard enlisted blues diva Bessie Smith for Pansy

Ruth Rohde represented Florida's Fourth District

St. Joseph's administrators decided to build a new hospital

The Raine Lumber Company ceased logging in Seneca State Forest

Ada "Bricktop" Smith married Peter Duconge

Ernest Weir formed the National Steel corporation with Weirton Steel as its flagship

Grace Martin Taylor visited Blanche Lazzell in Provincetown, Massachusetts

Commercial mining in Webster County produced approximately 100,000 tons of coal

The railroad at Webster Springs was discontinued

The Archives and History library, state archives and museum moved to the new state capitol

WSAZ was purchased by the Huntington Publishing Company

The property of the Youghiogheny Forest Colony was purchased by Frank Reeves

John Zontini rushed an average per carry of 27 yards

A chapel that also functioned as the superintendent’s office was built at Woodlawn

T. G. Nutter filed a lawsuit regarding a restrictive covenant that prohibited African-Americans from purchasing a lot in a Huntington subdivision.

William "Coin" Harvey was nominated for president by the Liberty Party

Legislature abolished the State Bridge Commission

The construction of the Hawks Nest Tunnel, diverting waters of the New River, showed the dangers of underground work outside the coal industry

Ella Holroyd was asked by the president of Concord College to create a music department

Howard B. Lee first wrote The Story of the Constitution

Vitro Agate began operation

Herschel Ogden led the state's tax reform

Okey Patteson lost his feet in a hunting accident

The Shenandoah National Forest was renamed the George Washington National Forest

A group called Save the Children began sending food and other necessities to children of miners in West Virginia

Cole Porter performed at Bricktop's club

Grace Martin Taylor was the president of the Allied Artists of West Virginia

Charles Ward Engineering closed

Cassville's name changed to Fort Gay

President FDR's New Deal favored the growth of the labor movement

Hack Wilson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers

Chauncey H. Browning's unexpired term in the Supreme Court ended

The Conference of Appalachian Governors was formed

The President's Appalachian Regional Commission, PARC created, led by FDR Jr.

The position of state archeologist was created by state legislature

Tony Boyle became vice president of the UMWA

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

Clay County was producing 900,000 tons of coal

Jack Fleming became general manager of WAJR radio in Morgantown

Construction on the Summersville Lake and Dam began.

Construction on the Summersville Lake and Dam began

Greer Lime Company was formed

The Greer Lime Company began production at Key

The Glen Rogers Mine was closed by the Old Ben Coal Corporation

Partner D. Ray Hall sold Gravely Motor Plow and Cultivator Company to Studebaker

Weirton had highest population in Hancock County at 28,201

Vera Andrews Harvey replaced Roy Lee Harmon as poet laureate

The campus of Storer College was added to the Harpers Ferry National Historic Park

The United Hospital Center was erected

The state population fell to 1,860,421

Storer College buildings were added to the Harpers Ferry National Park

Kanawha County peak population at 252,925

Governor Smith was the Democratic state chairman

Tom Kromer returned to Huntington from Albuquerque

John L. Lewis retired as the president of the UMWA

Arden Cogar Sr. started the Webster County Wood Chopping Festival

D. K. Shroyer became president of Beckley College (now Mountain State University

The City-County Building in Ohio County was dedicated

Plum Orchard Lake Wildlife Management Area purchased by the West Virginia Conservation Commission

The N&W operated its last steam equipment

The Chesapeake & Ohio and the Baltimore & Ohio began a gradual consolidation that eventually included Western Maryland

Otis Rice received a Ph.D. in history at Univ. of Kentucky

Wm. M. Ritter Lumber Company was sold to the Georgia-Pacific Corporation

Jay Rockefeller returned from the International Christian University in Tokyo

Rocket boys Homer Hickam, Roy Lee Cooke, Willie Rose, Jim O'Dell Carroll, Quentin Wilson and Sherman Siers won top prize at the National Science Fair for their exhibit "A Study of Amateur Rocketry Techniques"

Reported 110,000 Catholics in West Virginia

St. Marys population peaked at 2,442

Fred Schaus left as basketball coach at WVU

Mary Lee Settle wrote Know Nothing

The Preston Railroad line was abandoned

South Charleston's population peaked at 19,180

Weirton population peaked at 28,201

Jerry West was unanimous choice for first-team All-American

Jerry West co-captained the undefeated U.S. Olympic team

West Liberty State College enrollment exceeded 1,000 for the first time

The West Virginia Music Educators Association began the movement to adopt "The West Virginia Hills" as the state song

Wheeling Steel plants stretched for 30 miles along the Ohio River

Henry Aaron was appointed conductor of the Wheeling Symphony

There were 1,000 students enrolled at West Virginia Institute of Technology

Patrice Harris was born in Bluefield

John McKay became head coach at University of Southern California

Michael W. Smith was inducted into the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame

The Morris Brothers were inducted into the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame

The Morris Brothers were inducted into the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame.