Watters Smith Memorial State Park

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

Maurice Sullivan sold his land atop Irish Mountain to J. J. Kane for a church and cemetery

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

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

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

Appalachian Electric Power provided electricity in 21 counties

Clyde Beale pardoned by Governor Patteson

Walter Barnes wrote The Teacher Speaks

West Virginia Conservation Commission constructed Baker Lake

The Berkeley Woolen Company closed its operations in Martinsburg

Pearl S. Buck founded the international adoption agency, Welcome House, based in Pennsylvania

Lew Burdette married Mary Ann Shelton

The state's first television station WSAZ-TV went on air

West Virginia chose electric chair over hanging for capital punishment

Northern cardinal became the state bird

William E. Davies published first full report on West Virginia caves

The beginnings of the Cedar Lakes Conference Center originated in an act of the legislature

B'nai Jacob congregation moved to new synagogue

Little Jimmy Dickens joined the Grand Ole Opry at WSM

Henry Hazelwood retired as principal

The Booth family sold the Dreamland to group of Huntington businessmen

Joanne Dru appeared in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

Bishop Strider announced his retirement

Forestlands of West Virginia covered 60 % of state

Major flood brought devastation to Grant County

Capt. Mary B. Greene, wife of Capt. Gordon Greene, died

Carroll High School in Hamlin was destroyed by fire

Alberta Pierson Hannum's book Roseanna McCoy was released as a motion picture

The Health Department shifted its emphasis from communicable diseases to chronic illnesses and other public health issues.

Cam Henderson resigned as the Marshall football coach

The Huntington Publishing Co. started WSAZ-TV Channel 3, first TV station in West Virginia and one of earliest in the country

The construction of Bluestone Dam on the New River was completed

Rush Holt changed his party affiliation from Democratic to Republican

William Flannery became speaker of the House of Delegates

Hayes Picklesimer succeeded John L. Dickinson as president of Kanawha Valley Bank

Kelly Axe and Tool Company changed its name to True Temper

Larry Richardson and Bob Osborne joined the Lonesome Pine Fiddlers

Berry Pink and Sellers Peltier founded the Marble King Company

Clarence Meadows opened a law office in Charleston

Morgantown annexed Suncrest and Sabraton

West Virginia Mountain State Gospel Singers Corporation invited groups from Greenbrier and Fayette counties to participate in Nicholas County homecoming of Mount Nebo Gospel Sings

Marble King Factory moved to St. Marys

DuPont plant built at Washington Bottom

Alfred Knobler created the Pilgrim Glass Corporation

Mole Hill changed its name to Mountain

Jack Rollins wrote the lyrics to "Peter Cottontail"

Fred Schaus made All-American in basketball at WVU

Union Carbide developed its technical center above its South Charleston plant

Red Sovine began recording with MGM, Decca, and eventually Starday

Marshal played in the Tangerine Bowl

Buddy Starcher's "I'll Still Write Your Name in the Sand" became a hit

Weldon Cook and Robert Livingston Russell formed the Cook-Russell Theater Corp

The sugar maple became the state tree of West Virginia

The West Virginia State Police Academy began operation

Commercial television cable installation began operating at Piedmont and Cameron

The second USS Huntington was decommissioned after three tours to the Mediterranean

WAJR-AM in Morgantown became the flagship station for statewide network distribution of WVU football and basketball games

Wheeling Dollar Saving & Trust acquired National Exchange Bank

The State Education Association changed its name to the West Virginia Education Association

Riley Wilson became seriously ill at the inauguration of President Truman

Virginia Mae Brown became executive secretary of the West Virginia Judicial Council

Sam Jones signed with the Cleveland Indians

Elizabeth Harden married Virgil Gilmore, a future two-term Charleston city councilman

Toni Stone played for the San Francisco Sea Lions, then joined the New Orleans Creoles

Logan County presented its first annual Arts and Crafts Fair

Arden Cogar St cut an 8x8 inch horizontal yellow poplar in 7.05 seconds

Jack Maurice won the Pulitzer Prize for the editorials he wrote on the Kanawha County Textbook Controversy

Georgia-Pacific tore down the Meadow River Lumber Company sawmill at Rainelle

M. Blane Michael became a law clerk to Judge Robert Maxwell

John Keel first published The Mothman Prophecies

Additions were added to the Mount St. George mansion (Vancroft)

Otter Creek was designated a wilderness area under the Eastern Wilderness Act by Congress

Squire Parsons became the baritone singer for the Kingston Quartet

Pendleton Nursing Home was formed

Janet Pauley filed a class-action law suit against the Lincoln County school system, alleging children in Lincoln County were not receiving educational opportunities equal to students in richer counties

St. Francis Hospital board of directors developed plans for a new patient tower, parking garage, medical office building, and renovations

The Grafton Daily Sentinel became the Mountain Statesman

John Kelly resigned as state treasurer

The Ohio Valley Unitarian Universalist Congregation was founded

Virginia's Chapel was placed on the National Register of Historic Places

A botanist from the state Department of Agriculture resurveyed the state's weeds

The federal Eastern Wilderness Act passed

West Virginia Northern Community College opened a third campus in New Martinsville

Legislature created the West Virginia State Rail Authority

Harness racing at Wheeling Downs stopped

A dog racing bill was passed by the state legislature

The nursing school at Wheeling Hospital was discontinued

Wheeling Hospital moved to a new facility

Bob Wise graduated from the Tulane University School of Law

Chuck Yeager retired from the Air Force

Dennis Harrah was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams football team