West Virginia had 100,000 farms on 8.9 million acres
Charles Ambler served as sheriff of Pleasants County for two years
B&O added the Monongahela River Railroad (Fairmont to Clarksburg)
There were 600 Baptist churches in West Virginia
Raleigh County Republicans launched the Raleigh Herald
Berkeley County population was 19,469
First women on the Bethany College board of trustees
Jesse Bloch entered the family Bloch Brothers Tobacco Company
Alonzo Brooks completed a business course at West Virginia Wesleyan College
Capon Springs developer William H. Sale died
Cass was founded by West Virginia Pulp & Paper Company
West Virginia Pulp & Paper built paper mill at Covington, Virginia
The Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) completed its Greenbrier Division into Pocahontas County to harvest red spruce on Cheat and Back Allegheny mountains
Moses Donnally sold the Charleston Gazette
Davis Child Shelter, an orphanage, was established in Charleston
First sewer lines were installed in Clarksburg
Coal production had doubled
Little evidence of the Coal River locks and dams remained
Only remnant populations of deer and turkey were noted
West Virginia's median age was below national average at 20.3
Doddridge County population was 13,689
William Edwards wrote a book on the authorship of Shakespeare's plays
Fairmont Times was first published by Gen. C. L. Smith and O. S. McKinney
Thaddeus Fowler returned to West Virginia
Garnet High School was founded with a class of 12 black students
Howard Gore graduated from WVU with a degree in agriculture
Harrison County held a population of 27,690
Nancy Hart and husband Joshua Douglas settled in Webster County
Morris Harvey founded the Fayette National Bank
William "Coin" Harvey moved to Arkansas to begin building a retreat and vacation resort
The population of Helvetia reached 500 people
The first time the word "hillbilly" was used in print, in a New York newspaper
Reported 1,062 native Hungarians in West Virginia
Water power began being used for the production of electricity in West Virginia, at Kanawha Falls
Census reported 2,458 Indians living in West Virginia
There were 18 farms of the settlers on the Irish Tract
Jackson County's population rose to 19,000
Don Redman was born in Piedmont
The Kanawha Falls were augmented by a low dam
Oil and natural gas in high quantities was found in Lewis County
Cousin Abe Lilly received a law degree from the Southern Normal University, Tennessee
Railroad replaces streams as the chief means of transporting logs to sawmills
The Benwood Ironworks grew into a large steel mills
James Miller ceased to be Summers County prosecuting attorney
James Miller ran unsuccessfully for state auditor
Steam and electric fans made larger mines possible
The completion of the C&O Railway's Greenbrier Division to Marlinton put the Minnehaha Springs within reach of travelers
Fairmont's first electric streetcar line built
Morgantown population was at 1,895
The Morgantown Glass Works began production
A developer began selling oceanfront lots for $25 in Myrtle Beach
The anticlinal theory of oil and gas was applied along Sand Fork of the Little Kanawha
The Toledo & Ohio Central gained control of the Kanawha & Michigan and the Kanawha & West Virginia Railroad
The Pennsylvania Railroad began purchasing the N&W stock
E.M. Carney purchased the Pence Springs property
Kanawha County had the largest population with 54,696 residents.
The largest city in the state was Wheeling with a population of 38,878.
The Lilly family began ownership of the Ruffner Hotel
St. Joseph's Hospital was founded by Patrick J. Donahue
Samuel and Violet Bryant got their first jobs on showboats
James H. Brown's obelisk was erected at Spring Hill Cemetery
Interurban railway operations began in Huntington
Tyler County's oil and gas boom peaked
Wayne County population was at 23,619
Wings were added to Woodburn Hall at WVU
Weston had municipal water plant, sanitary and storm sewer systems and brick paved streets
West Virginia Pulp & Paper began constructing a sawmill in Cass
A nursing school was founded at Wheeling Hospital
The Collins Colliery company store burned
Matthew Whittico moved to Keystone
Buffalo, elk, gray wolf and passenger pigeon had all disappeared from West Virginia
The second courthouse at Winfield was built
Wirt County's population peaked at 10,284
Carter G. Woodson became principal of Douglass High School
The first record of the ballad "The Wreck on the C&O" came out
