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1879
Oscar Nelson was born Other events that happened on or around 1879 Thomas Anshutz painted Farmer and His Son Harvesting Aaron and Samuel Bloch ran a small grocery and dry goods store in Wheeling and began producing chewing tobacco Anne Dudley moved to New York to marry Rev. L. E. Bates William Edwards published a three-volume work on butterflies, The Butterflies of North America A log Catholic Church was erected in Summers County Jacob Jackson was elected mayor of Parkersburg James Kay returned to Quinnimont to construct coke ovens at Hawks Nest The B&O Railroad connected Weston to Clarksburg Virgil Lewis was admitted to the bar William MacCorkle graduated from Washington and Lee University James Miller graduated from Concord Normal School (Concord University) William L. "Billy" Mitchell was born Seventh-Day Adventist teachings first appeared in West Virginia in pamphlets The U.S. Supreme court first used the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment in Strauder v. West Virginia West Virginia's first telephone line was strung in Wheeling William O. Trevey was born in Virginia A disastrous fire occurred in Volcano Booker T. Washington returned to Hampton Institute as a teacher
1925
The United Carbon Company was formed Other events that happened on or around 1925 Izetta Brown married Hugh Miller Everett Ferguson acquired Browns Island in its entirety Fannie Cobb Carter's husband Emory Carter died Union Carbide moved to Rollin Chemical site in So. Charleston John Harrington Cox's dissertation published as Cox presided over founding of West Virginia Folklore Society Folk-Songs of the South by Harvard Univ. Press Levi Dean built the Ricketts house in Huntington Henry Davis Hazelwood was appointed the principal of Douglass High School Dreamland pool in Kenova opened as a private business DuPont built the Belle plant Alpha Psi Omega, an international collegiate honor society for drama students, was founded at Fairmont State College (now Fairmont State University) West Virginia Farm Bureau Service Company was organized Stage Struck starring Gloria Swanson was filmed in New Martinsville A fire destroyed nearly all of the Greenbrier Military School's buildings John Harrington Cox documented nine version of "John Hardy," confusing Hardy and Henry as the same person in Folk-Songs of the South Federal board unveiled national system of interstate routes and uniform highway signs Reported 233 high school were open in the state The Itmann Company Store opened John L. Dickinson became president of Kanawha Valley Bank after the death of John Q. Dickinson Kanawha Valley Hospital bought the Barber Sanatorium and Hospital facility Tom Kromer first attended Marshall College Jean Lee Latham graduated from West Virginia Wesleyan College A new building on Linsly's campus was built Pare Lorentz moved to New York Minnie Lowther wrote Marshall Hall The "Thundering Herd" nickname was first used after Marshall defeated Glenville State Jacob Marcus received his Ph.D. from the University of Berlin The Governor's Mansion was completed John Matheus' short story "Fog" won first place in the Opportunity magazine short story contest Bernard McDonough left Georgetown University Howard B. Lee became attorney general Governor Morgan pardoned John Wilburn Morgantown citizens made a failed attempt to remove Zackquill Morgan's remains from Prickett's Fort to his hometown of Morgantown The first Mountaineer Field was completed William Page Pitt graduated from Muskingum College Pocahontas Coal & Coke Company moved to Bluefield William Revercomb married Sara Hughes A scrip law was written by coal company lobbyists making scrip non-transferable The Sistersville to New Martinsville streetcar line ceased operation Dial service was introduced in Huntington Berkerly Countian Benjamin Snyder built his home reflecting aspects of the Sears, Roebuck and Company's Sheridan house The Virginian Railway began electrification of its trains Only 134 students were enrolled at West Liberty State Normal School (now West Liberty University) Legislature created another West Virginia Historical Society with an appointive body Legislation passed to have the state historian and archivist to publish a quarterly history magazine A new administration building was completed at West Virginia Collegiate Institute (now West Virginia State University) The Greek fraternal system replace earlier literary societies at West Virginia Wesleyan College Whitaker-Glessner subsidiary, the Principio Company ceased production of pig and bar iron in Maryland T. G. Nutter lobbied against the Charleston premiere of D.W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation
1939
Oscar Nelson commissioned Walter F. Martens to design the United Carbon headquarters Other events that happened on or around 1939 A brick school building began serving the children at Tygart Valley Homesteads Sculptures by Annie Latham Bartlett was exhibited at the New York World's Fair Andre Van Damme was recalled to military service during mobilization West Virginia's share of the antebellum Virginia state debt was retired Ground school courses and flying lessons were offered at Wertz Field as part of the National Civilian Pilot Training Program Wheeling Dollar Saving & Trust acquired Citizen Mutual Only 325 students enrolled at West Liberty State College West Virginia Annual Conference of Methodists discontinued ties with Morris Harvey College WHIS affiliated with NBC network Patty Willis exhibited her work at the World's Fair Aunt Jennie Wilson was widowed WJLS went on the air in Beckley Stanley Bender enlisted in the Army Katherine Johnson married James Francis Goble
1944
The United Carbon Building appeared on the cover of Pencil Points architectural magazine Other events that happened on or around 1944 West Virginia had purchased 311 acres for Audra State Park Lew Burdette learned to pitch with American Viscose Rayon Company Team A community board, which helped raise funds to build Charleston Memorial Hospital, was formed in home of Mr. and Mrs. William Ziebold Sr. Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation established by Michael and Sarah Benedum Committee began searching for church camp site to honor the Peterkins Pete Everest was assigned to China-Burma-India region Smokey Bear was introduced by the Wartime Advertising Council "Biggie" Goldberg served in the U.S. Army for two years Davis Grubb's first published story was "The Lollipop Tree" in Good Housekeeping The GI Bill of Rights provided generous educational benefits to WWII veterans The Jones Diamond was first displayed at the Smithsonian Jean Lee Latham received a Silver Wreath for her work training Signal Corps inspectors for the War Department The first meeting of the West Virginia League of Women Voters was held Ned Cline died Kermit McKeever became superintendent of Watoga State Park A summer youth camp began at Minnehaha Springs The Monongahela Power & Railway Company was completely out of the streetcar business Eleanor Steber sang at the Democratic National Convention Increasing pressure to install a black administration at Storer College led to the forced retirement of President Henry T. McDonald Institute produced 131,000 tons of butadiene W.W. Trent was reelected state superintendent of Schools The government began selling the Tygart Valley Homesteads to settlers The nursing school at Welch Community Hospital ceased operation Only 118 students enrolled at West Liberty State College Cornelius Charlton moved with his family to New York City
1953
Oscar Nelson died Other events that happened on or around 1953 Southern tract of present Calvin W. Price State Forest was sold to the state by New River Company Carr China Company went out of business Statewide circulation of the Charleston Gazette peaked at 86,000 Consolidated Bus Lines employed 337 individuals and operated 100 buses Phoebia Moore died Phyllis Curtin made her debut with New York City Opera John Warren Davis retired as president of West Virginia State Julius DeGruyter wrote The Kanawha Spectator: History of the Kanawha Valley The Dunbar-South Charleston Bridge opened as a toll bridge Gunner Gatski earned All-Pro honors in football Perry Gresham became president of Bethany College Perry Gresham wrote Disciples of the High Calling John Ailes became editor of the Hampshire Review, Hampshire County Hardy County Heritage Weekend began at Mill Island Another 400 acres was added for the Harpers Ferry National Monument Ken Hechler became the associate director of the American Political Science Association Jean Lee Latham wrote The Story of Eli Whitney The Library Commission moved to Charleston from Morgantown The Lonesome Pine Fiddlers left West Virginia A fire damaged the Martinsburg Journal building "Speedy" Estep was killed racing a stock car in Columbus, Ohio Davis Grubb wrote Night of the Hunter A trail at the WVU Arboretum was named in honor of Lawrence Nuttall Eldora Nuzum joined the Elkins Inter-Mountain The West Virginia State Poultry Association annual meeting moved to Moorefield Distribution of Salk polio vaccine Chuck Ripper moved to Huntington as art director for the Standard Printing & Publishing Co. Rat Rodgers was admitted to the College Football Hall of Fame Eleanor Roosevelt stopped serving as U.S. representative to the United Nations Alex Schoenbaum's restaurant chain was named Shoney's WVU played in the Sugar Bowl West Virginia became one of the first sates to finance development of park facilities by selling bonds WKNA TV when on air in Charleston as channel 49 The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Kanawha Valley was established The initial accreditation attempt for Morris Harvey College (now University of Charleston) failed The Baptist State Convention began to meet at Hilltop William J. Wallace became president of West Virginia State College Enrollment at West Virginia State College was at 837 students WJLS-FM Beckley became WBKW-FM William B. Axtell became president of West Virginia Institute of Technology Katherine Johnson began working with the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics as a “computer” doing complex analysis and calculations Toni Stone joined the Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro American League
1978
The Nelson family sold the United Carbon Building Other events that happened on or around 1978 The annual Civilian Conservation Corps reunion began at Camp Woodbine Morris Harvey College became the University of Charleston Senator Jay Rockefeller became the chairman of the President's Commission on Coal James Stam became president of Salem College Another Soupy Sales Show was offered syndication Mary Lee Settle won the National Book Award for Fiction for Blood Tie Frank Thomas wrote It Is This Way with Men Who Fly, a history of West Virginia aviation The B&O South Branch line was turned over to the West Virginia State Rail Authority Cyrus Vance had a role in Camp David peace and the Panama Canal Treaty The West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey moved to the Mont Chateau Research Center from WVU The first class of 33 students graduated from the School of Osteopathic Medicine The region's first cardiac catheterization laboratory was opened at Wheeling Hospital The "fetus protection policy" was instituted by the American Cyanamid's Willow Island Plant Bob Wise became involved in community redevelopment from the Mingo County floods
1994
The United Carbon Building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places Other events that happened on or around 1994 Ohio Valley College expanded The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake was published in Brazilian Portuguese Jayne Anne Phillips published Shelter Jayne Anne Phillips published Shelter The Rural Electrification Administration was abolished Chris Sarandon married Joanna Hall Gleason Michael Smith founded Rocketown Ministries West Virginia became the third state to file suit against the tobacco industry to recover costs for smoking-related illnesses The Tri-State Racetrack installed 400 video lottery slot machines Hinchcliff Lumber Company added a scragg mill Union Carbide's silicones products plant at Sistersville was sold The present Unitarian Universalists building in Charleston was dedicated Melvin Lentz became wood chopping champion Ginny Hawker began serving as president of West Virginia State Folk Festival The West Virginia Lottery Commission approved the first 400 video slot machines at Wheeling Downs The first open heart surgery in the area was performed at Wheeling Hospital The Howard Long Wellness Center opened at Wheeling Hospital Jesco White was featured in a brief cameo on Roseanne Meredith Sue Willis wrote The Secret Super Powers of Marco Meredith Sue Willis wrote In The Mountains of America Tommy Thompson left the Red Clay Ramblers A bridge on U.S. 19 south of Summerville was renamed the Ralph Eugene Pomeroy Memory Bridge. View Articles by Existing Key Dates or Specify Your Own Date Range |
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