J. A. Viquesney and H. M. Lockridge organized the Allegheny Sportsmen's Association
Baldwin-Felts Agency attempted to end the Paint Creek-Cabin Creek strike
Olgebay Hall, now Kirkpatrick Hall, added as a wing at Bethany College
John Bishop published poem "To a Woodland Pool" in Harpers Weekly
Alonzo Brooks received a B.A. in agriculture from WVU
The Bull Moose Special armed train began operation
Union Bank building finished in Clarksburg
William Conley ran unsuccessfully for congressional 2nd district
William Dawson embraced Theodore Roosevelt's Bull Moose presidential candidacy
Diamond Shoe became the Diamond Shoe and Garment Co., later Diamond Department Store
Samuel Dixon was purged from the New River Company by management from outside
U.S. Supreme Court confirmed North Branch as Potomac main stream
Fairmont State began adopting college curriculum
The Golden Delicious Apple was discovered by Anderson Mullins in Clay County
A Gasoline engine was placed in Howell's Gristmill
Rimfire Hamrick was appointed Webster County game and fish warden
Record floods hit Hardy County
The state called troops to mining strikes
Charles Hodel established himself in Beckley as editor and general manager of the Raleigh Register
Holidays Cove incorporated
Harold Houston returned to Charleston
A large Celtic cross was erected in Coalburg by William S. Edwards to honor the Irish mine workers
Thomas Moore Jackson died
Hubert "Bumps" Myers was born in Clarksburg
Regular services at Job's Temple were suspended
Mother Jones returned to West Virginia to aid union miners on Paint Creek and Cabin Creek
Dr. George A. MacQueen took over the lease and changed Barber Sanatorium to Barber Sanatorium and Hospital
A new double-track tunnel at Kingwood Tunnel was opened
High school at Jane Lew was constructed
Luna Park was built by J. B. Crowley in Charleston
I. T. Mann was a candidate for the U.S. Senate
The Apollo Theater was built in Martinsburg
Harry F. Bryd sold the Martinsburg Journal to Max von Schlegell
Louis Marx began working for Ferdinand Strauss
John McGraw was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention
John McGraw's Bank of Grafton failed
Prohibitionist John McWhorter served as chairman of the West Virginia Ratification Federation
John Raine became president of the Meadow River Lumber Company
The Minnehaha Springs Improvement Company was formed
The Minter Lumber Company was founded by William E. Minter
The Monongahela Railroad was completed to Pittsburgh
Margaret Montague published Linda
Matthew M. Neely left the office of clerk of House of Delegates
Reported 223 different newspapers were publishing in West Virginia
Ohio Valley Trades and Labor Assembly supported Eugene V. Debs for president
Ogden's company had acquired the Parkersburg Daily Sentinel
Ida Reed published her autobiography My Life Story
The Pallottine Missionary Sisters came to West Virginia
William MacCorkle became active in the Salvation Army
Edward Stifel built Edemar mansion
The Charleston Interurban Railroad was built to St. Albans
The Huntington tobacco warehouse opened
T. C. Townsend was elected as Kanawha County's prosecuting attorney
Pittsburgh's flood commission called for a dam on the Tygart
Miners Hospital No. One changed its name to Welch Hospital No. One
The College of Physicians and Surgeons became an independent program at WVU
WVU had 46,500 books in the library
Carter Woodson received a doctorate at Harvard
Tibbs Run Reservoir began providing water to city of Morgantown
