Hugh I. Shott

There was a total of 64 African Methodist Episcopal churches and 2,298 members

Harry R. Wyllie purchased the Allegheny Lodge for use as a private estate

American Gas & Electric Power Company consolidated a dozen smaller companies including Appalachian Power

Dr. Maggie Ballard graduated from the University of Maryland School of Medicine

The backers of the Beckley Post bought the Raleigh Herald, naming it the Post-Herald

"Billy Richardson's Last Ride" was written by Carson J. Robinson

Chear River dam, built to generate electricity, was completed

Start of the new DuPont plant at Belle

Earl Core joined biology department at WVU

Hallie Elkins made gift of Halliehurst to Davis & Elkins College

New campus developed surrounding the Elkins mansion

Wehrle B. Geary and A. W. Cox merged resources to begin building

Fairmont Times moved to the building of West Virginian

Donald R. Gaudineer became district ranger for the Greenbrier Ranger District of Monongahela National Forest

Governor's Mansion added servant quarters above the garage

The High Gate mansion was sold to the Sisters of St Joseph after the death of J. E. Watson

The Lovett family sold the Hilltop House in Harpers Ferry to Fred McGee

The Hinton News building was constructed by H. C. Ogden

The House of Delegates impeached Auditor John C. Bond

Milton Humphreys published a Civil War memoir, Military Operations 1861-1863

The Kanawha route became part of the transcontinental Midland Trial highway

The Louis Glass company was established

John Matheus's short story "Swamp Moccasin" won first prize in the Crisis magazine short story contest

Additions were built at the Mount St. George mansion in Wellsburg

Karl Myers compiled a poetry collection, The Quick Years

Wheeling accepted Waddington Farm and renamed it Oglebay Park

The Nurses Residence was built at City Hospital Training School for Nurses in Wheeling to house the large classes of nurses

The mill, shops, and Shay locomotives at Curtin were moved to Bergoo.

Potomac State was accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.

Ada "Bricktop" Smith opened a Paris club called the Music Box

The Smoot Theater was built by the Smoot Amusement Company

Spring Hill Cemetery acquired large tracts from the Wehrle and Jefferies farms

Weirton Steel contracted for the construction of a continuous sheet steel mill

P. D. Strausbaugh initiated a summer field course called botanical expedition at WVU

The Wellsburg, Bethany & Washington Railroad streetcar line ceased operation

The First Regiment was designated as the 201st Infantry

A first tower was built in Watoga State Park

The Webster Springs Hotel was destroyed by fire

The road through Winfield was paved

Paul Wissmach died

Hack Wilson started playing for the Chicago Cubs

West Virginia State Board of Education adopted flag-salute regulations

Florence Blanchfield was commissioned as a lieutenant colonel

Construction on the Bluestone Dam began

Alonzo Brooks returned to French Creek

Log lodge, two framed dormitories, swimming pool and bathhouse constructed at Camp Washington-Carver

Brandon Hass sold the property now known as Cathedral State Park to the state

The Charleston Ordnance Center received the coveted Army-Navy "E" production award

Carl Rutherford learned to play in same tunings as others

Julia Davis wrote The Sun Climbs Slow

U.S. Farm Security Administration came to an end

Ken Hechler was drafted as an infantry private

Two separate groups of Italian POWs were imprisoned in West Virginia

The first and largest contingent of Italian POWs arrived to build Camp Ashford

Andrew Gardner Jackson died

Gordon L. Bennett was the first executive secretary of the Library Commission

The Linsly School became known as the Linsly Military Institute

The Lost World Caverns cave was discovered as the Grapevine Cave

Frank McEnteer arrived in the Middle East

Kermit McKeever became superintendent of Lost River State Park

J. Kemp McLaughlin was assigned to the 92nd heavy bombardment group of the Eighth Air Force

Mercer County's miners produced 3,500,000 tons of coal

Arnold Miller joined the army

Okey Mills enlisted in the army as paratrooper

The Civilian Conservation Corps was terminated

Calvin W. Price received an honorary law degree from West Virginia University.

Dyke Raese coached the West Virginia University men's basketball team to a major sports national championship.

The Schoolhouse Cave survey was completed

Hubert Skidmore wrote Hill Lawyer

Sam Snead had won 29 tournaments

President of UMWA District 17 Van Bittner resigned

CCC Camp Watoga was closed

Wertz Field Airport closed

Only 212 students enrolled at West Liberty State College

Phil Conley re-acquired the West Virginia Review

Antonia Modarelli became director of the Charleston Civic Orchestra

The Works Progress Administration ceased operation

Hugh Shott Sr. died and his son took over

Holt, Rinehart, and Winston published a paperback edition of the stories of Beece D'J Pancake

Henry Payne graduated from Princeton University

Pence Springs was studied by scholars from the University of Kentucky

Jayne Anne Phillips published her first of three novels, Machine Dreams

William Pierce established his headquarters in a compound near Hillsboro

Cynthia Rylant wrote Waiting to Waltz

Henry Schmulbach's Wheeling house was added to the National Register of Historic Places

Union Carbide had a tragic industrial accident at its Bhopal, India facility

E. M. Statler was inducted into the Wheeling Hall of Fame

Charleston became the first city in U.S. to be able to chose long-distance carriers other than AT&T

Railroads ceased operation in Tucker County

The golf course at Twin Falls State Park was expanded to 18-hole

AT&T broke up

C. W. Ferguson III stopped serving as circuit judge

A renovation on Welch Community Hospital was completed

West Virginia History began annual publication

The School of Osteopathic Medicine started a postdoctoral training program

Thomas Conlin became conductor of the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra

WVU Hospitals became a separate nonprofit corporation, affiliated with West Virginia University

Meredith Sue Willis wrote Personal Fiction Writing

The American Cyanamid decided to settle the Willow Island sterilization suit out of court

Warren McGraw stopped serving as state senate president

John Zontini was inducted into the Marshall University Athletics Hall of Fame

Helen Holt retired

Coach John McKay retired