Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge

West Virginia became the nation's second-leading coal producer

The Blackwater Chronicle was reissued by the West Virginia University Press

Albert Walker became president of Bluefield State College (now University)

Hatfield-McCoy Trail for all-terrain vehicles opened

Robert C. Byrd took a stand against Bush administration's call for war on Iraq

Redistricting had reduced 2nd Congressional district to 18 counties

Gale Catlett retired

Clarksburg's newspapers combined into one paper the Exponent Telegram

Stephen Coonts wrote Saucer