Mason County

Daniel Boone's family resettled in North Carolina

Peter Burr house constructed in present Jefferson County

John, Thomas, and Andrew Lewis camped in what is now Lewisburg while surverying the area, named the Lewis Spring

John and Andrew Lewis discovered Marlin and Sewell living in present Pocahontas County during their survey

Christopher Gist made a second expedition for the Ohio Company

Christopher Gist was the first European to record a visit in present Marshall County while exploring for the Ohio Company

Robert Dinwiddie became governor of colonial Virginia

Francis Asbury is part of the Methodist movement in England

Botetourt County formed from southern half of Augusta

John Corbly settled in the Morgantown area

John Sutton formed the Simpson Creek Baptist Church in Harrison County

Adam Stephen purchased 255 acres of land in present Berkeley County and laid out Martinsburg

Lord Dunmore was appointed governor of New York

William Stewart came from Ireland to the Forks of Cheat in present Monongalia County

Col. George Washington and Dr. James Craik claimed land in the Ohio watershed on their canoe trip

Killbuck died at the Delaware village in present Coshocton, Ohio

While hunting, Kyashuta encounters George Washington on his canoe trip

The upper watershed of the Little Kanawha was explored by John Hacker

Chief Logan moved his family to the Ohio Valley

Samuel McColloch emigrated from the South Branch of the Potomac to Wheeling

A survey party led by George Washington visited the present Point Pleasant area in Mason County

George Washington surveyed the present Ravenswood area in Jackson County and later acquired 2,448 acres there

Jesse Hughes became the first European to enter Roane County

John Stuart built the first mill in Greenbrier County

Joseph Tomlinson and brother Samuel Tomlinson settled in the Ohio Valley frontier

The Treaty of Lochaber secured for Britain any lands in the Western Virginia region not covered by the Treaty of Hard Labor

George Washington wrote the first written accounts of the forests of present West Virginia

A permanent settlement was made in the Buckhannon Valley

A log house was built by James Byrnside in Union

Samuel Washington built his house Harewood in present Jefferson County

Virginia General Assembly designated 40-acres of George Clendenin's land, as Charlestown, later renamed Charleston

General Assembly designated 40-acres of George Clendenin's land, as Charlestown, later renamed Charleston

Franklin was officially established by the General Assembly

Blakeley was constructed by John A. Washington II

Bushrod Corbin Washington built Claymont Court

Reported 53 slaves lived and worked at Green Bottom

Population of Greenbrier County was 7,340 inhabitants

John H. Hall began working on interchangeable parts for breechloading rifle at Hall's Rifle Works

Virginia authorized the James River Company to undertake canal project

Steamboats became reliable enough to negotiate the shoals in the Kanawha River

Steamboats became reliable enough to negotiate the shoals in the Kanawha

Simon Kenton was imprisoned for bad debts in Kentucky

The Union Academy of Monroe County was established to teach a classical education

The Western Star began in Weston

The Kanawha Spectator was founded in Charleston

Wilson Cary Nicholas died

The North House was built by John A. North in Lewisburg

Settlement in Oak Hill began

A stone bathing house was built at Salt Sulphur Springs

The Shannondale Springs resort opened

Summersville was established

A brick courthouse for Monroe County was built

"Ruffner Pamphlet" published in Kanawha County

Gordon Battelle was ordained a Methodist minister

John Carlile was elected to the Virginia Senate

William Edwards was admitted to the New York bar

William Edwards published A Voyage on the River Amazon

John Floyd was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates

The Presbyterian Church was organized in Greenville

The Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike was completed

Cummins Jackson left Jackson's Mill to search for gold in CA

Joseph Johnson was elected again to the House of Delegates

Citizens of Parkersburg, Elizabeth, and Glenville organized the Little Kanawha Navigation Company

Alexander Martin graduated from Allegheny College, Pennsylvania

Large flood occurred on the Ohio River

The Staunton to Parkersburg Turnpike was completed

Pocahontas County was formed

A group of Dutch immigrants arrived in Pocahontas County

Samuel Price was again elected to the Virginia legislature as a Whig from Greenbrier Count.

Henry Ruffner published the Address to the People of West Virginia anti-slavery pamphlet

The first Stone & Thomas Department Store opened in Wheeling

The first permanent United Brethren church was built in Sand Hill

The Buckhannon Male and Female Academy was established

A grist mill was built at Valley Falls by Bradshaw and William Whitescarver

Charles Ellet Jr. secured contracts for the Wheeling and Niagara Falls suspension bridges

Two Dutch families settled near the headwaters of the Williams River

Two turnpikes were completed in Wood County

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

Hamlin was chartered by the General Assembly

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

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

The B&O leased the Northwestern Virginia Railroad

A troupe presented "Uncle Tom's Cabin" at The Atheneum

Belle Boyd was sent to Mount Washington School in Baltimore

Archibald Campbell moved to Wheeling

William Edwards erected the first cannel coal oil works

Thomas English moved from Logan County to Tazewell, Virginia

Glenville was incorporated

Grafton was chartered

Hamilton Hatter was born in Jefferson County

Andrew Gardner Jackson was born

George Smith Patton moved to Charleston and organized the Kanawha Riflemen

Daniel Lucas graduated from University of Virginia

Mannington was chartered as a town by the Virginia legislature

Henry Mathews graduated from University of Virginia

The Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy moved to a new building

Oglebay Park Mansion Museum property was purchased by George W. Smith

Piedmont was chartered

Francis Pierpont helped found the Fairmont Male and Female Seminary.

A B&O station was located at Cairo

The Walton post office moved to Droddyville

The first church was built in the St. Joseph Settlement

William Stevenson was elected a member of the Pennsylvania legislature

Ralph Swinburn was ordained a Baptist minister

Wheeling Hospital moved to the Michael Sweeney Mansion

The Intelligencer was acquired by Archibald Campbell

The African Methodist Episcopal Church aided slaves in Western Virginia after John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry

Gordon Battelle moved to a church in Wheeling

Charles James Faulkner Sr. was appointed minister to France by President Buchanan

Alexander Boteler was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Whig

Boyds moved to 500 block of South Queen Street, Martinsburg

Meshach Browning died

First oil-producing well drilled in Pennsylvania

Construction of stone-filled timber crib dams and timber-crib locks were completed on the Coal River

Claude Crozet became principal of Richmond Academy

Henry Koontz bought a 600-acre farm in Easton, near Morgantown

Weston College was sold at public auction

Granville Davisson Hall moved to Wheeling

Morris Harvey began his service as Fayette County sheriff

George Imboden married Mary Franes Tyree

Martin Robison Delany and 34 others met with John Brown in Canada to develop a provisional constitution for the liberated slaves

Mother Jones began teaching in a convent school in Michigan

George Latham was admitted to the bar

Construction of Weston Hospital began

A library company in Wheeling was chartered by Virginia

Linsly Institute built a new three-story building

Martin Delany wrote Blake: or, The Huts of America

Daniel Lucas was admitted to the practice of law

The Weston & Gauley Bridge Turnpike was completed

The Greenbrier Historical Society begun

Frederick Lemon sold the Ritchie Mines

Nathan Scott travelled to Leavenworth Kansas

Traveller took top prizes in the Lewisburg fair

Only 94 of 162 state chartered turnpike companies operated within West Virginia

The U.S. Customs House was built

A new U.S. Custom House was completed at Wheeling

Waitman Willey was defeated as a candidate for lieutenant governor of Virginia

The three-story front section of Henderson Hall was completed

Unionist leaders summoned convention meet in Wheeling

The First Wheeling Convention met in Wheeling to decide western Virginia’s response if Virginia seceded from the United States

Confederate Gen. Albert G. Jenkins occupied Hamlin en route to Point Pleasant

Wheeling first became the state capital

Arthur Boreman's inaugural address in Wheeling

First West Virginia capitol in Linsly Institute building

Fort Logan changed name to Fort Boreman

Granville Davisson Hall was elected the first clerk of the House of Delegates

West Virginia entered the Union as the 35th state

Legislature made plans to establish a federal land grant college under terms of Morrill Act in Monongalia County

West Virginia became a state

Schools for black children were being built in 18 communities in West Virginia

A construction bid for Clarksburg School, an elementary black school, was accepted

A springhouse was built at Barger Springs (Summers County)

Jacob Blair was appointed minister to Costa Rica

The new Harpers Ferry bridge was completed

Thayer sold Ceredo to mortgage holder, Charles B. Hoard

Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad was created

Gen. William C. Wickham became president of the C&O Railroad

The state purchased the institution now known as Fairmont State University

Vedette changed name to the West Virginian

Freedmen's Bureau ceased operation in West Virginia

President Grant appointed Nathan Goff Jr. U.S. district attorney for West Virginia

Catherine Jackson White purchased Jackson's Mill

John Kenna finished his studies at St. Vincents Academy in Wheeling

Lincoln County's borders changed

The Agricultural College of West Virginia was renamed West Virginia University at the recommendation of Alexander Martin

The Grand Army of the Republic established Decoration Day, predecessor to Memorial Day

The legislature created two public school districts in Morgantown, white and black

Anna Maria Jarvis organized Mothers' Friendship Day celebration

The steamboat Mountain Boy was built on the Monongahela River at Brownsville, Pennsylvania

All refineries except one founded by Johnson Newlon Camden closed due to his partnership with Standard Oil Trust

George Peterkin graduated from the Theological Seminary of Virginia.

Drilling for oil and gas began in Roane County

William Rosecrans served as minister to Mexico

John Cunningham acquired the Phillip R. Thompson property, which he had incorporated and named Kanawha City

Senator Peter Van Winkle cast the next-to-last vote and only Republican vote that saved President Andrew Johnson from being removed on impeachment charges

Fred E. Brooks was born

Reported 200 patients were being cared for at Weston State Hospital

Winfield was incorporated

Ohio River at Point Pleasant reached 62.80 feet, more than 18 feet above flood stage

Ohio River flooded at Huntington

Harry Stansbury contacted high schools across the state to participate

The Belle Alkali Company started a plant near Belle

The Warner-Klipstein Chemical Company started

A Clarksburg newspaper became the Exponent-American

First land for the Monongahela National Forest acquired

Legislation gave authority to Forest, Game and Fish Warden to establish refuges for protection of wild game and birds

Reinforced concrete began with C.A.P Turner

Monument erected at Fort Lee site to mark the beginnings of Charleston

Fostoria Glass's popular "American" pattern was fist designed and patented

West Virginia Bureau of Mines reported 1,479 hand-loading miners employed at Gary

The Mother's Pension Law was enacted

The Board of Health was replaced by the Department of Health

Local timbering brought a narrow-gauge railroad to Helvetia

The word "hillbilly" appeared in the title of a Harper's Monthly travel article, "Hobnobbing with Hillbillies"

A 5-acre tract of land at Jackson's Mill was purchased by the Monongahela Power Company

William "Keg" Purnell was born in Charleston

Ann Baker was born

Mother Jones testified before another congressional committee

The New River & Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company operated a series of drift mines at Layland, Fayette County

Legislature passed bill to empower cities and towns to levy taxes for public libraries and reading rooms

A monument to General Joseph Lightburn was placed at Vicksburg National Battlefield Park

The Marcus family relocated to Farmington

The Concrete Steel Bridge Company built the Alderson bridge across the Greenbrier River

Legislation called for provision for preventing underground mine fires and requiring foremen and fire bosses to pass state examination and receive state certification

Margaret Montague published Closed Doors

Ephraim Morgan was appointed to the Public Service Commission by Governor Hatfield

Descendents of Hunter John Myers left the Sleepy Creek Mountain area

A member of the Church of Nazarene moved to Mannington and started a church in his house

Greasy Neale graduated from West Virginia Wesleyan College

Greasy Neale played with the Canton (Ohio) Bulldogs

Herschel C. Ogden became the owner of the Parkersburg News

The legislature removed Workmen's Compensation from the Public Service Commision

Dr. Burke offered the state of West Virginia property for use as a tuberculosis sanatorium

Frederick Rhead received a gold medal at the San Diego Exposition for his design of mirror black pottery glaze

Rat Rodgers lettered in football

Benjamin Rosenbloom served as state senator from Wheeling

The state legislature passed a primary law that made it difficult for third parties to be on the ballot

The West Virginia legislature first imposed the corporate excise tax

Charles Ward died

H. Rus Warne designed the West Virginia Building at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco

H. Rus Warne designed a Masonic Temple Building

Walter B "Watt" Powell moved to Charleston

The West Virginia Coal Association was formed

Legislation changed the name of West Virginia Colored Institute to West Virginia Collegiate Institute (now West Virginia State university)

State women's suffrage amendment was reintroduced

Carter G. Woodson published The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861

Lenna Yost became the state legislative chair of the West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs

Thomas Davis resigned from National Guard

Vernon Johnson was elected the youngest Speaker of the House of Delegates

Evangelist Billy Sunday stayed at Aracoma Hotel

Shepherd Field, Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport, opened

Walter Barnes wrote New Democracy in the Teaching of English

The Beckley Register began publishing a Sunday issue

Son William H. and wife joined William J. Blenko in Milton at his first factory

Maurice Brooks graduated from WVU with a B.A.

West Virginia's first commercial radio station WRVC began broadcasting in the Huntington area

Thomas Carr retired from Carr China Company

First baccalaureate degrees were awarded at Concord State Normal School (now Concord University)

Phil Conley founded the West Virginia Publishing Company

The last Democratic majority until 1930

The beaver was extirpated for its fur

John Harrington Cox received his Ph.D. from Harvard

Julia Davis married William McMillan Adams

Rev. Robert Edward Lee Strider was consecrated bishop coadjutor of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, Wheeling

Fairmont State was authorized for four-year program but must confine to training teachers

Cooperative agricultural marketing law was passed

U.S. Coal Commission report awarded Gary 90 out of 100 points for cleanliness, urban amenities and safety consideration

The current courthouse was completed in Glenville

School name was changed from Lewisburg Seminary to Greenbrier College for Women

Lost Creek was the largest cattle shipping point on the B&O system

The present Ritchie County courthouse was completed

Homer Holt received a law degree from Washington and Lee University

Construction of the large Itmann Company Store began

Ella Mae Turner published compilation Stories and Verses of West Virginia

Herman Kump left office as mayor of Elkins

Hu Maxwell wrote A Tree History of the United States

Margaret Montague published Deep Channel

Herbert Chester became publisher of the Morgantown Post

Huntington First (Church of the Nazarene) was established in the Charleston-Huntington corridor and is the oldest congregation in that area

Henry Ford built the world's largest incline tipple

Herschel Ogden bought the Martinsburg Journal

Okey Patteson married Lee Hawse.

Maceo Pinkard helped set up Duke Ellington's first recording session.

The first land for the Monongahala National Forest in Pocahontas County was acquired

Jennings Randolph was elected to Salem College's board of trustees.

The Wm. M. Ritter Lumber Company acquired the Red Jacket Consolidated Coal and Coal company

Walton High School was established

Thomas Reynolds built the Majestic showboat

Weirton Steel added another sheet plant

P. D. Strausbaugh became head of the department of botany at WVU

Festus Summers earned an A.B. at WVU

Howard Sutherland's term in the U.S. Senate ended

Clint Thomas began a stint with the Philadelphia Hillsdale Giants baseball team

W. W. Trent became editor of the West Virginia School Journal

The West Virginia State Wildlife Center was established at French Creek

Ralph Weinberg married Ida Effron

Wheeling Bank & Trust Company acquired the Bank of the Ohio Valley

The Northern Teachers' Association ended

The Game and Fish Commission purchased property in Upshur County

The West Virginian Hotel was built in Bluefield

Patty Willis exhibited her work at the Corcoran Gallery School of Art in Washington, DC

Lenna Yost represented the U.S. at international congresses against alcoholism in Denmark

Hack Wilson began playing for the New York Giants

County unit plan for school systems was adopted

West Virginia counties had to reduce term length

Doddridge County High School was created

The flat-spired three-toothed land snail was discovered

Legislature established the Conservation Commission

The Greenbrier College for Women was chartered as Greenbrier College

Perry Gresham received a bachelor of divinity degree from Texas Christian University

West Virginia erected a replica cabin and stone memorial at the birthplace of Nancy Hanks

A great trial was held against the contractor of the Hawks Nest Tunnel by those who contracted silicosis

Legislative act put every public road in West Virginia under direct state control

The Democrats regained control of the governorship

Charles Hodel was instrumental in developing the Beckley-Mount Hope Airport

The radical West Virginia Mine Workers Union and the West Virginia Labor Party both collapsed

Act replaced game protectors with conservation officers

The West Virginia World's Fair exhibit was housed at Jackson's Mill

The Charles Town Racetrack opened in Jefferson County

Frances Benjamin Johnston began photographing early architecture of the American South

William C. Kelly died

Kumbrabow State Forest was created in response to the Civilian Conservation Corps Act

The National Industrial Recovery Act guaranteed workers the right to collective bargaining and outlawed yellow-dog contracts

Democrats took control of the West Virginia Senate

The progressive Roosevelt administration secured passage of the National Industrial Recovery Act

Melvin Goins was born

Pare Lorentz conceived, edited and published The Roosevelt Year, 1933

West Virginia acquired the land for Lost River State Park

Master Marble and Bridgeport Marble exhibited millions of marbles at the World's Fair in Chicago

The Civilian Conservation Corps first became active in Monongahela National Forest

Prohibition ends

Cacapon State Park was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps

The National Recovery Administration was created with the passing of the National Industrial Recovery Ac

Legislation passed establishing the Conservation Commission of West Virginia

Camp Woodbine and Camp Cranberry were established by Civilian Conservation Corps in Richwood

Ruth Rohde served as U.S. Minister to Denmark

Eleanor Roosevelt convinced FDR to use congressionally approved federal funds to establish the first national subsistence homestead in Arthurdale

Lynnside Manor, Monroe County, the traditional home of the Lewis family, burned down

William Smith O'Brien became West Virginia secretary of state

H. M. Calhoun died

Buddy Starcher became popular performer at WCHS Charleston

State Police field structure shrank to two companies

State Police Criminal Investigation Bureau was organized

Mel Moore and Billy Long led a strike at Weirton Steel

Employees bought the Wheeling Traction Company and re-named it Cooperative Transit Company

Festus Summers finished his doctorate at WVU

The Braxton Democrat newspaper in Sutton compiled and reprinted the Wm. Byrne tales of Elk River

West Virginia property tax revenue was at $27 million

Fred Torrey created the "Lincoln Walks at Midnight" sculpture

W. W. Trent became superintendent of Schools

UMWA unionized the West Virginia coalfields

Camp Watoga was created by the Civilian Conservation Corps

Fred E. Brooks died

WOBU changed to WCHS

WCHS stopped sharing time with WSAZ in Huntington

Wheeling Bank & Trust Company merged with Dollar Saving & Trust to form the Wheeling Dollar Saving & Trust Company

The Athenaeum became the Daily Athenaeum

Clyde O. Law became board chairman of West Virginia Wesleyan College

The WWVA's Wheeling Jamboree country music show began

A new central portion of Wheeling Hospital was constructed

WHIS increased to 250 watts

A strike at Widen occurred

The Coal House was built in Williamson of bituminous coal

Edwin S. Maclin became president of West Virginia Institute of Technology

Ceredo had 1,675 residents

Charleston population fell to 53,421

Clay Foundation assets at $67 million

Reported 44 chapters of the state society of the Daughters of the American Revolution

Northern Panhandle and southeastern part of the state had highest median ages

Eastern Panhandle and southwestern part of the state had lowest median ages

Doddridge population reached 7,403

Dunbar had a population of 8,154

Charleston ranked 167th out of 318 Metropolitan Statistical Areas

West Virginia's official poverty rate sat at 17.9%

Elizabeth's population was 994

Fairmont had population of 19,097

People 65+ represented 15.3% of population in West Virginia

Follansbee's population reported at 3,115

Forestlands of West Virginia reported at 78% of states' area

Franklin population reported at 797

Grafton population stood at 2,489

Population of Grant County rose to 11,299

Greenbrier County had a population of 34,453 people

Reported population of 32,667 in Hancock County

Hardy County reported a population of 12,669

Harpers Ferry was reported with a population of 307

Harrisville held a population of 1,842

The U.S. Census reported the state's population at 1,808,350

The population of Hurricane was reported at 5,222

Census reported 3,606 Indians living in West Virginia

Jackson County's population was 28,000

Ripley's population stood at 3,263

Ravenswood's population stood at 4,301

Kanawha County population was the largest in the state at 200,073

Kenova population remained the largest in Wayne County at 3,485

Keyser's population was 5,303

Keystone's population had fallen to 453

City of Logan population was 1,630

Logan County population reported at 37,710

Population of Madison was 2,677

Mannington population was 2,124

Reported 142,728 manufactured homes in West Virginia

West Virginia had the third-highest home-ownership rates in the U.S. at 75.2%

Marion County population stood at 56,598

Population of Marlinton was 1,204

Marshall County's population was 35,519

Martinsburg population was 75,905

Census reported African-Americans were 11.9% of McDowell's population

Population of McDowell County was 27,329

West Virginia had the country's highest median age at 38.9 years

Mercer County population was 62,980

Reported 125,336 members of 1,341 United Methodist churches in West Virginia

Middlebourne's population was 870

Milton's population was 2,206

Monongalia County had a population of 81,866

Monroe county had a population of 14,583

Morgan County had a population of 14,943

Morgantown population was 26,809

Moundsville had a population of 9,978

Population of New Cumberland was 1,099

Nicholas County had a population of 26,562

Census reports 141,060 people living in the Northern Panhandle

Oak Hill population was 7,589

Population of Ohio County was 47,427

Eleven Orthodox Christian churches were listed in a church survey with 4,310 adherents

Paden City's population was 2,860

Parkersburg's population was 33,099

The population of Paw Paw was 524

Franklin had 797 residents

The population of Petersburg was 2,423

The population of Philippi was 2,870

Piedmont's population was 1,014

The population of Pineville was 715

The population of Pleasants County was 7,514

The population of Pocahontas County was 9,131

Richwood had a population of 2,477

Ritchie County's population was 10,343

Roane County population was 15,446

Reported 100,000 Catholics in West Virginia

Romney had a population of 1,940

The population of St. Albans was 11,567

St. Marys population was at 2,017

Reported 3,060 second homes in Pocahontas County

Shinnston's population was 2,295

South Charleston had a population of 13,390

Spencer had a population of 2,352

Sternwheel Regatta festivities were scaled back to an extended weekend

Hinton's population was 2,880

Summersville population was 3,294

Sutton had a population 1,011

Taylor County population was 16,089

Tucker County population was 7,321

Union had a population of 548

Upshur County population was 23,404

Vienna had a population of 10.861

Wayne had a population of 1,105

Wayne County population was 42, 903

Webster County population was 9,719

Webster Springs had a population of 808

Weirton population was 20,411

Welch population was 2,683

Wellsburg population was 2,891

West Union had a population of 806

Weston's population was 4,317

Westover had a population of 3,941

Wetzel County had a population of 17,693

Wheeling population was 31,419

Population of White Sulphur Springs was 2,315

Williamson population was 3,414

Winfield population was 1,858

Wirt County had a population of 5,873

Wood County had a population of 87,986