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Hamlin
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1802
Hamlin was first settled by David Stephenson Other events that happened on or around 1802 John Beckley became the first Librarian of Congress Patrick Gass was sent to Kaskaskia, Illinois Territory Mathias and Lydia Harman were the firsts whites to settle in McDowell County The federal government proposed an all-weather road to connect eastern markets with the Ohio watershed Sampson Sanders built his inheritance into the largest land holding in Cabell County Charles Wells founded Wells Landing (now Sistersville)
1853
Hamlin was chartered by the General Assembly Other events that happened on or around 1853 The Blackwater Chronicle was originally published Mr. Boyd purchased land at the corner of Race and Spring, Martinsburg Barrackville bridge built by Lemuel Chenoweth Covington & Ohio Railroad was charted Thomas English bought 27 coal leases and incorporated two coal companies Jedediah Hotchkiss married Sara Comfort Nativists adhering to the Know Nothing party threatened a papal diplomat visiting Wheeling John Jacob married Jane Baird John Jacob was appointed professor of political economy at the University of Missouri Joseph Johnson's wife died Kingwood was chartered by the General Assembly Hamlin was established by the General Assembly Two locks and dams were added to the Guyandotte and Ohio River Logan was chartered as town of Aracoma by the General Assembly Mining began in Clifton The St. John's Chapel was built David Strother was commissioned by Harper and Brothers to write and illustrate article about sporting expedition into the Canaan wilderness A suspension bridge was constructed on the Weston & Gauley Bridge Turnpike at Sutton The Fort Hill Farm brick house was built in Mineral County Virginia's Chapel was built in Cedar Grove Bishop Richard Whelan bought property for the Wheeling Hospital Four-story building built as a warehouse for the Crescent Manufacturing Company in Wheeling
Mar 30, 1863
Confederate Gen. Albert G. Jenkins occupied Hamlin en route to Point Pleasant Other events that happened on or around March 30, 1863 Confederate cavalry raided Point Pleasant
1867
Hamlin was chosen as county seat of Lincoln County Other events that happened on or around 1867 Only 490,000 tons of coal were produced in West Virginia Dr. James Dye was born in Chloe Delta Tau Delta revived its Bethany Chapter Marmaduke Dent enrolled in classes at WVU Sisters established a benevolent school for poor children in Parkersburg Joseph Diss Debar involved West Virginia in the Paris Exposition Easton Roller Mill began operation Stephen Elkins served as New Mexico's attorney general Palatine was incorporated Work on Grafton National Cemetery began Grantsville was named for Ulysses S. Grant Thomas Harris served in the House of Delegates The Clarksburg Independent School District was established Mother Jones's husband, George, and their four children died in the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis George Latham became U.S. Consul to Australia Joseph Lightburn became a Baptist preacher The Little Kanawha Navigation Company let contracts for the first four locks and dams The initial railroad map of West Virginia was published by the B&O Railroad Henry Hyannis purchased the old Nadenbousch distillery in Martinsburg John McCausland returned to Mason County after fleeing the country at the end of the Civil War Dr. James Edmund Reeves and 32 colleagues established the West Virginia State Medical Association, orginally the Medical Society of West Virginia The West Virginia Penitentiary opened A monument commemorating the Confederate dead was erected at Romney Indian Mound Cemetery Trustees of West Liberty sold the school to the state I. C. White became one of the first 6 students to enter the Agricultural College of West Virginia (WVU) William Wilson graduated from Columbian College West Virginia legislature authorized the establishment of normal schools to train teachers Uncle Dyke Garrett married Sallie "Aunt Sallie" Smith
1875
Courthouse in Hamlin was constructed Other events that happened on or around 1875 The name of the Winchester Female Institute was changed to Broaddus Female College (now part of Alderson Broaddus University) Johnson Camden and his partners quietly sold to Rockefeller's Standard Oil Marmaduke Dent was admitted to the bar Stephen Elkins married Hallie Davis Elkins Aretas Fleming left the House of Delegates Remains from the Foreman party were transferred to Mount Roase Cemetery Oil was first struck in Glenville The Grange had 20,000 lodges and 800,000 members in the country The Lewisburg Academy reopened after closing during the Civil War The Pennsboro & Harrisville Railroad was built The House of Delegates impeached Treasurer John Burdett The American Ancient Order of Hibernians started a division in Wheeling The capital was moved from Charleston to Wheeling Harriet Jones graduated from the Women's Medical College of Baltimore Other mills were destroyed by floods on the Jug of the Middle Island Creek James Kay married Julia Ballintyne Wheeling became known as the Nail City because of La Belle Ironworks The legislature was required to met biennially President Alexander Martin left WVU A bill providing for better ventilation in the mines had been first introduced in legislature The Morrow family moved to Pittsburgh Johnson Newlon Camden joined John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Trust The Sentinel was founded as the Parkersburg Weekly Sentinel by Robert Hornor. Reported 14 baptisms at St. John's Chapel The first band sawmill began operation in West Virginia Nathan Scott moved to Wheeling Alexander Wade was elected Monongalia County school superintendent Booker T. Washington graduated from Hampton Institute Cassville was chartered Ernest T. Weir was born I.C. White earned a masters degree at WVU Woodlawn Cemetery began as a private family burial ground
1886
A "substantial brick jail" was added to the courthouse in Hamlin Other events that happened on or around 1886 Park was built on the upper end of Blennerhassett Island Railroad line was built through the area of New Cumberland by Pennsylvania Railroad William Edwin Chilton ran unsuccessfully for state senate Aretas Fleming's fortunes were joined with U.S. Sen. Johnson Newlon Camden Millard F. Giesey opened his own architecture office in Wheeling John P. Hale produced book, Trans-Allegheny Pioneers John P. Hale produced book, Trans-Allegheny Pioneers A referendum was unsuccessfully proposed to make Ravenswood the new county seat of Jackson County Harriet Jones opened a private practice in Wheeling Marlin's Bottom changed its name to Marlinton John McGraw was appointed collector of internal revenue for West Virginia by President Cleveland A branch of the B&O reached Morgantown A permanent Mormon presence in West Virginia began with the creation of the West Virginia Conference The first public high school for blacks, Sumner High, was established in Parkersburg. The Ravenswood, Spencer, & Glenville Railroad was established. A referendum confirmed Ripley as county seat of Jackson County Anne Spence and mother moved to Bramwell Telephone switchboards were installed at Martinsburg A fire burned much of the Valley Falls area Clarence W. Watson graduated from Fairmont State Normal School James O. Watson and Aretas B. Fleming started the Montana mine Henry Everett Engle copyrighted the music to "The West Virginia Hills" The drilling of the first gas well in Hundred Frank Reeves was born in Fairmont
1909
Lincoln County destroyed by fire Other events that happened on or around 1909 R. D. Bailey graduated from Valparaiso University in Indiana Waitman Barbe wrote Famous Poems Explained Broaddus Institute (now part of Alderson Broaddus University) moved from Clarksburg to Philippi Broaddus Institute (now Alderson-Broaddus College) moved from Clarksburg to Philippi Rosa Pelham returned to the castle The Birch Boom & Lumber Company built a sawmill near the mouth of Birch River West Virginia legislature created the Board of Control which consolidated management and fiscal control over West Virginia's institutions The Bluefield Daily Telegraph dubbed Bramwell the "Coalfield Capital" Sturdevant and Johnson's partnership ended, factory ceased operation and buildings torn down Camp Dawson was established Elegant seven-story Waldo Hotel opened West Virginia legislation prepared way for establishment of National Forest Reserve in Monongahela Legislature authorized the governor to appoint a Forest, Game and Fish Warden Consolidation Coal, Fairmont Coal and Somerset Coal companies combined into the Consolidation Coal Company Danske Dandridge wrote George Michael Bedinger, a Kentucky Pioneer Huntington annexed Central City Legislation called for forest protection and research and provided fines and imprisonment for owners who intentionally or carelessly set fires Sunday hunting and fishing was prohibited by legislature Michael Owens began his own company to manufacture bottles in Fairmont and Clarksburg Legislature appropriated funds to purchase Grave Creek Mound A receiving vault was built at Greenwood Cemetery City of Weirton was founded by Weirton Steel Ernest T. Weir established Weirton Steel The broad-gauge Harrisville Southern Railroad began to run to Cornwallis The Herald-Dispatch began with the merger of the Herald and the Huntington Dispatch Only two county seats in West Virginia were connected by paved highways Legislature established the State Road Fund and the position of state commissioner of public roads Timber production in West Virginia reached its long-time record of 1.5 billion board feet The Jackson Iron & Tin Company relocated to Holiday Cove in Hancock County Garland Wilson was born in Martinsburg Dr. Hugh G. Nicholson leased the Barber Sanatorium and added a nursing school James Kay opened mines on Campbells Creek Keystone was incorporated George Kossuth opened his own photography studio Howard B. Lee began to practice law in Bluefield The Morgantown Republican merged with the New Dominion-News The first congregation of the Church of the Nazarene in West Virginia appeared in Martinsburg Pardee & Curtin opened a double-band sawmill at Hominy Falls. Princeton was chartered as a city The Virginian Railway was completed, the last entry into West Virginia's coalfields. Ritchie Mines were abandoned A second sawmill for St. Lawrence was built for Neola The hotel in Shannondale Springs burned down again Thomas C. Miller became administrator of Shepherd College The Pope Dock Company built Goldenrod A stone sculpture of a frontiersman was dedicated in memory of the Battle of Point Pleasant A steel strike in Wheeling failed Ernest Weir expanded the Phillips Sheet and Tin Plate Company from Clarksburg West Virginia tobacco production peaked at 14,400,000 pounds Fred Torrey enrolled at the Art Institute of Chicago T. C. Townsend first served as the state tax commissioner The name changed from Education Association of West Virginia to the State Education Association Byrd Prillerman became president of West Virginia Colored Institute (now West Virginia State University) The Western Maryland Railway company was organized White Sulphur Springs was incorporated as a town The Wirt County courthouse in Elizabeth burned down Completion of the Virginian Railway sparked an industrial boom in Mullens
1911
A new courthouse in Hamlin was constructed Other events that happened on or around 1911 Bill to create the Department of Agriculture and Commissioner of Agriculture was passed Alderson Academy's name was changed to Alderson Baptist Academy (now part of Alderson Broaddus University) Walter Barnes received an M.A. from Harvard Van Bittner joined the UMWA The Board of Control was given responsibility to manage the state tuberculosis sanitarium at Terra Alta and the West Virginia Colored Orphans Home in Huntington A. B. Brooks wrote Forestry and Wood Industries Fire destroyed the Mountain House 155,092 pounds of chestnuts shipped from one railroad station in West Virginia William Edwin Chilton was elected U.S. senator by state legislature Goff Building was finished in Clarksburg Danske Dandridge wrote American Prisoners of the Revolution The elective Office of Agriculture Commissioner was created Population of postal communities on Flat Top Mountain was 300 Reported 83 band mills and 900 circular mills in operation Thaddeus Fowler returned to West Virginia Berkeley Glass Sand Company was incorporated Benjamin Franklin Gravely began designing a power-driven plow After changing to Lewisburg Female Institute the name changed to Lewisburg Seminary (later Greenbrier College for Women) The citizens of Guyandotte voted to become part of Huntington The Anti-Tuberculosis League of West Virginia lobbied a bill through legislature to build a sanitarium Charles Laws graduated from Leonard Medical College in North Carolina Governor Glasscock gave Joseph Long the title colonel Minnie Lowther published The History of Ritchie County The earliest known road map of West Virginia was produced by a state agency The Marlinton Opera House began use Frank McEnteer moved to Clarksburg Rufus G. Meador constructed a hotel at Mercer Healing Springs Explosion at No. 20 Mine in Elk Garden killed 23 miners Congress enacted the Weeks law which authorized the federal government to cooperate with the various states to purchase land for the protection of the watersheds of navigable streams The name of the Morgantown newspaper was changed to Weekly New Dominion The Blue Creek oil field was discovered along the Elk River Matthew M. Neely was elected clerk of the House of Delegates Paden City Pottery was established Pre-engineering and agriculture programs were added at West Virginia Preparatory School (now Potomac State) The legislature approved the submission of another prohibition amendment to the people The Story of a Song: What It Means to Belong to the King was published. Rat Rodgers started at Bethany College A streetcar line extension from Charleston to St. Albans was established A deadlock occurred in the senate when members had to chose the U.S. Senators The Seneca Glass Company opened a second factory in Star City The Pythians erected an obelisk at Samuel W. Starks's grave in Spring Hill Cemetery Clarence W. Watson began serving in the U.S. Senate Fairview changed its name to Wayne The West Virginia Press Association became inactive Wings were added to Woodburn Hall at WVU Westover was incorporated Widen was built as a coal company town Willard Hotel was built in Grafton Vernon Johnson began serving in the House of Delegates
1949
Carroll High School in Hamlin was destroyed by fire Other events that happened on or around 1949 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 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 Land was donated to the state for the Watters Smith Memorial State Park 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 View Articles by Existing Key Dates or Specify Your Own Date Range |
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