State apple-packing plant in Inwood was established
Walter Barnes wrote Types of Children's Literature
14 West Virginia cities and towns had professional baseball
Braxton's population peaked at 23,973
Alonzo Brooks published West Virginia Trees
Izetta Brown was first woman to second a presidential nominee, John W. Davis
Chauncey H. Browning graduated from Logan High School
City Hospital was moved to Camden mansion on Garfield Avenue in Parkersburg
Don Chafin was reelected as sheriff
Louis Watson Chappell received his M.A. from University of Virginia
The Union Carbide Company bought small refinery near Clendenin
Matthew Wesley Clair, Sr. was elected bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Fayette County population jumped to 60,377
Caroline Gentry released The Key to Power, a movie
The Glen Ferris Inn was sold to a subsidiary of Union Carbide
Voters approved the Good Roads amendment
Grafton reached its peak population of 8,517
H. B. Moore and his brothers purchased the school and reorganized it as the Greenbrier Military School
Harrison County population rose to 74,783
Sid Hatfield assisted a United Mine Workers campaign to organize Tug Fork miners
The Clarksburg factory of the Hazel Atlas Glass Company had 15 acres of floor space, employed 1,200 people and shipped all over the world
Chemical firms in the Kanawha Valley began expanding rapidly
Census reported 6,260 Hungarians in West Virginia
Union organizing led to confrontations at Matewan and Blair Mountain
La Belle Ironworks merged with Wheeling Iron and Steel and Whitaker-Glessner Company to form Wheeling Steel Corporation
Ann Johnson Gates became the first woman member of the West Virginia legislature
The legislator salary was set at $500
High school at Walkersville was constructed
John L. Lewis became the president of the UMWA
Big Bill Lias started a career in the illegal sale and distribution of liquor
Minnie Lowther moved to Washington
Jacob Marcus attained his rabbinical ordination
William Marsh stopped serving as president of the M. Marsh and Son company
Marshall became a four-year college
The name was changed from Martinsburg West Virginia Evening Journal to Martinsburg Journal
McDowell was the third most populous county in the state
Willow Glen mansion, known in the Wheeling area as McKinley's Palace, was completed
James Miller ran unsuccessfully for secretary of state
James Miller left as judge
Additional land for Monongahela National Forest was purchased
The B&O leased the Morgantown & Kingwood
The National Bank of Commerce moved to Charleston and was renamed the State Street Bank
The Parkersburg Daily Sentinel ceased publication.
Monongahela National Forest was created.
Jennings Randolph graduated from Salem Academy.
The buildings at Red Sulphur Springs were dismantled and the resort ceased operation.
Red Ribble moved to Mount Hope
The third courthouse at Ripley was built
There were 398 sawmills operating in West Virginia
The United Daughters of the Confederacy and Sons of Confederate Veterans decided to erect a memorial to Heyward Shepherd
W. H. S White became president of Shepherd College
Matthew Holt was the Socialist candidate for governor
James Weldon Johnson was responsible for publishing Anne Spencer's " Before the Feast at Shushan"
P. D. Strausbaugh received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago
Howard Sutherland made a bid for presidency of United States
Union Carbide purchased a small refinery at Clendenin
C. W. Ferguson III was born
Webster County population was 11,000
Weirton population was at 8,000
Welch population was at 3,232
West Liberty's first dorms were built
Riley Wilson ran unsuccessfully for Congress
Carter G. Woodson left Howard University
Carter G. Woodson began Dean of the West Virginia Collegiate Institution (now West Virginia State University)
