Coopers Rock State Forest

John D. Sutton gave one acre of ground for a public square in Sutton

Monroe County discontinued the system

Rebecca Davis family moved to Wheeling

The Winchester & Potomac Railroad opened line to Virginius Island at Harpers Ferry

The Virginia Geological Report noted the county's rich coal deposits

Henry Clay Furnace was built on Clay Run

The city of Ravenswood was laid out

Benjamin Kelley moved to Wheeling

Joseph Martin produced the only gazetteer of Virginia before the state split

Alexander Martin moved to Jefferson County, Ohio

The first courthouse in Elizabethtown (present Moundsville) was built

The first public building, a jail, was completed in present Moundsville

A new building was authorized to be built in Wheeling for the Ohio County courthouse

The C&O canal company began to carve through Sorrel Ridge

Samuel Price moved to Wheeling and became prosecuting attorney for Braxton County.

Anne Royall began publishing The Huntress newspaper

Henry Ruffner became president of Washington College (now Washington and Lee University)

William Chapman acquired a small steamboat to tow the Floating Theater upstream

Braxton County was formed

The United Brethren Virginia Conference sent Michael Moses to New Haven

Wheeling was incorporated as a city

The rear wing of Henderson Hall was built

The two-year "standard normal" diploma program was abolished at Concord State Normal School

Earl Core received his PhD at Columbia University

Earl Core organized the Southern Appalachian Botanical Club

Cliff Hobbs of Cedar Grove began singing harmony for Billy Cox

Muriel Miller married Lester Dressler

Edgewood Country Club builds present clubhouse

Susanne Fisher sang with the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra

Cass Gilbert built the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C.

Major flood from the South Branch River brought devastation to Grant County

County poor farms were closed after establishment of Social Security

Record floods hit Hardy County

Efforts to establish the Harpers Ferry National Historic Park began

Hearings in the U.S. House of Representatives attributed 476 deaths to work on the Hawks Nest Tunnel

Accreditation of the Physician Assistant Program was restored at Alderson-Broaddus College (now University)

Name of Appalachian Power Company changed to American Electric Power

West Virginia was 77% forested

Margaret Blennerhassett and her son reburied, on Blennerhassett Island

Robert C. Byrd brought lawsuit on constitutionality of line-item veto

Charles "Chuck" Chambers retired from legislature

Charles "Chuck" Chambers served as co-chairman of the state Democratic Party

A $22.5 million grant from state to help build the Clay Center

Stephen Coonts wrote War in the Air

In retrial, Bhaktipada pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud and was sentenced to 20 years in prison