Irish Mountain

Gordon Battelle was appointed as the presiding elder of Clarksburg District of the Methodist Episcopal Church

Bethany College forced to dismiss several abolitionists after political discussions were banned

Arthur Boreman was elected as a Whig to the General Assembly

Archibald Campbell graduated from Hamilton College Law School in New York

Craig-Patton House became property of Col. George Smith Patton

Rector College in Western Virginia was destroyed by fire

Rifled muskets were being built at the Harpers Ferry Armory

Weston's first school was built

Eight locks and dams were built on the Coal River

William Rosecrans began working as superintendent of a cannel coal company in Kanawha County

Samuel Tanner's log cabin was torn down in Spencer, Roane County

Ralph Swinburn purchased land near Ruth

Ammi B. Young designed the Wheeling Custom House.

Booker T. Washington graduated from Hampton Normal Institute in Virginia and returned to teach Sunday school at the African Zion Baptist Church

Edward Willis moved the Broaddus Female College (now part of Alderson Broaddus University) to Clarksburg

Cumberland Valley Railroad reached Martinsburg

Joseph Beury left Quinnimont

Benjamin C. Criswell won the Congressional Medal of Honor at the Battle of Little Big Horn

James Putney died

Henry Koontz died and Easton Roller Mill was taken over by the Anderson family

The Grange had 378 lodges and 10,700 members in West Virginia

Jedediah Hotchkiss' Virginia: A Geographical and Political Summary was published for the Virginia legislature

The impeachment trial of John Burdett in the Senate removed him from office of Treasurer

Jackson's Mill was sold outside the Jackson family after the death of Catherin Jackson White

Kudzu was first introduced in the U.S. at Philadelphia trade exposition as an ornamental

George Wesley Atkinson wrote The History of Kanawha County

George Wesley Atkinson wrote The History of Kanawha County

The new Berkeley Hotel opened in Martinsburg

John McGraw received a law degree at Yale University

The New Dominion was established by Julian Fleming and William Jacos

The second courthouse in Elizabethtown was built

New Cumberland's first newspaper, The Independent began publication

Samuel Price unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Senate.

Daniel Purinton married Florence A. Lyon.

William MacCorkle came to West Virginia to teach in Pocahontas County.

Nathan Scott became the president of Central Glass Company

Robert Simmons was a delegate to the Republican national convention

The Wheeling firm, Wheeling Centre Tannery, became known as J. G. Hoffman and Sons

Alexander Wade held his first exams

A cabin built by "Uncle Doc" Smith replaced the original Watters Smith cabin in southern Harrison County

Originally called "New Hall," Woodburn Hall was completed at WVU

I.C. White began working for the Pennsylvania Geological Survey

C&O sold at foreclosure, reorganized, and renamed C&O Railway

Alston Dayton graduated from WVU

Stephen Elkins became a citizen of West Virginia

Aretas Fleming was appointed judge of the second judicial circuit

Congress provided money to have the remnants of the old dams cleared on the Guyandotte River

The hog-stealing incident and trial between the Hatfields and McCoys occurred

Hamilton Hatter completed the teacher training program at Storer College

WVU created a "chair of law and equity" establishing the College of Law

Virgil Lewis became the principal of the Buffalo Academy in Putnam County

Herbert Chester Greer was born

Lawrence Nuttall moved to Nuttallburg

Russell Montague moved from Boston to Greenbrier County

The property containing the spring was sold to Andrew S. Pence.

Taylor County seat was moved to Grafton

The West Virginia Baptist State Convention was first held

Albert White graduated from Marietta College

Thomas Anshutz painted The Ironworkers' Noontime

Main building of the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum at Weston was completed

Thomas Anshutz painted Ironworkers' Noontime

Raleigh County Index established by Edwin Prince

Joseph Beury and brothers began to buy tracts of coal land

Preston County Brookside Resort was built

Jimmy D. Johnson established water-powered mill at Brush Creek Falls

William Edwin Chilton passed the bar

The International Sunday School Association was organized in West Virginia

U.S Census published the first statistical compilation on West Virginia forests

Two-thirds of West Virginia still covered by old forest

Fairmont State had more students than any normal school

Post No. 1 of Guard Army of the Republic was organized in Martinsburg

Devil Anse Hatfield led the armed party rescuing Johnse Hatfield from the brothers of Rose Anna McCoy

Hinton was incorporated

Reported only 250 people lived in Hollidays Cove

Jedediah Hotchkiss began publishing a monthly magazine, The Virginias: a Mining, Industrial and Scientific Journal Devoted to the Development of Virginia and West Virginia

Jews lived in most of the developed areas of the state

George Latham was appointed as supervisor of the census for West Virginia's First District

William Leigh began studying under Hugh Newell at Maryland Institute

William MacCorkle was elected prosecuting attorney of Kanawha County

Hu Maxwell graduated from Weston Academy

John McGraw entered the practice of law

Agnes Reeves Greer was born

Orthodox Christians from Russia, Greece and Ottoman Empire began to settle in coalfields of West Virginia

St. Mary Carpatho-Russian Orthodox church was founded in Bluefield

There were 400 sawmills in West Virginia

Nathan Scott was elected to the Wheeling City Council

The Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Wheeling was erected by the Soldiers Aid Society

West Virginia's first telephone exchange was placed in service in Wheeling

The Funkhouser barn was built in Hardy County

Charles Ward began working full time at his own business

The National Guard was activated for service in areas of labor unrest, specifically to quell a strike of coal miners at Hawks Nest

Construction began at a point on the B&O Railway

The mental hospital at Weston was completed

Wheeling had 30,737 people

Emanuel Wilson was elected speaker of the House of Delegates

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

The C&O purchased the Greenbrier Resort and developed it into a major destination

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

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

Weirton Steel became the nation's largest employee-owned company with implementation of Employee Stock Ownership Plan

The Hinton Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places

The distribution operations of Consolidated Gas Supply became Hope Gas and the interstate gas transmission operations became Consolidated Natural Gas Transmission

The David W. Harris Riverfront Park opened in Huntington

Supreme Court Ruling Allen v. West Virginia Human Rights Commission ordered state officials to ensure prompt consideration of human rights complaints

Maryat Lee moved the EcoTheater to Lewisburg

Catherine Marshall's novel Julie was published posthumously

Jack Maurice retired from the Charleston Daily Mail

Irene McKinney published a collection of poetry, The Wasps at the Blue Hexagon

The Metropolitan Theater in Morgantown was placed on the National Register of Historic Places

A devastating flood in Mingo County caused the loss of many homes and business

Waterford Park race track reopened after legislature granted tax concession

Walter Dean Myers graduated from Empire State College

Medal of Honor recipient Major General Charles Rogers retired from the military

Glen Ferris ceased generating hydroelectric energy

Stonewall Jackson Lake State park opened

William W. Clem was reelected Jefferson County surveyor

J. D. Waggoner became executive secretary of West Virginia Library Commission

The Lilly Brothers and Don Stover were inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Association's Hall of Honor

Meredith Sue Willis published Oradell at Sea

The West Virginia-Western Maryland Snod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America claimed 15,488 baptized members in 62 congregations

Excel Homes built a factory at Ghent with plans to build more than 1,000 modular homes

West Virginia legislature legalized the cultivation of hemp under tightly controlled circumstances

A doctorate of psychology was added to Marshall University