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Braxton County
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1772
The massacre of Captain Bull's band of Delaware Indians by frontiersmen at Bulltown Historic Area Other events that happened on or around 1772 Joseph Tomlinson discovered the Grave Creek Mound Murder of Adam Stroud's family Raid on Bull's village Earliest white settlement made by Dunkards near Kingwood William Crawford surveyed and registered land in present West Virginia for George Washington Lord Dunmore was named governor of Virginia Isaac Cox built a log house in the Follansbee area The Tygart Valley was resettled Horatio Gates returned to America The John Wetzel family settled along Wheeling Creek in the Northern Panhandle Wilson-Woodrow-Mytinger House was built in Romney Nutter's Fort was built on Elk Creek in Harrison County Jesse Hughes discovered a major tributary to the Little Kanawha River Wellsburg was settled Settlers had claimed most of the prime valley lands in Randolph County. The first white explored the Wirt County area
1836
Braxton County was created from Kanawha, Lewis, and Nicholas counties Other events that happened on or around 1836 Alfred Beckley resigned from the army
1836
John D. Sutton gave one acre of ground for a public square in Sutton Other events that happened on or around 1836 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 Henry Clay Furnace was built to supply pig iron to Ices Ferry Ironworks 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
Dec 29, 1861
Confederate soldiers burned most of downtown Sutton
1863
Civil War skirmish at Bulltown Historic Area Other events that happened on or around 1863 The first West Virginia legislature proposed to educate "free colored children," the proposal was left unfunded. The decision to have Attorney General elected by popular vote was made B&O Railroad's management influenced people to support West Virginia statehood Union troops shelled the town of Beckley, killing a little girl Virginia's land and water boundaries given to West Virginia River pirate John Lockwood arrest and tried for murder Rutherford B. Hayes and William McKinley were commissioned first lieutenants at Camp Piatt Melodrama East Lynne written West Virginia experimented with New England modified township system West Virginia constitution established public free school system William Edwards opened mines at Coalburg West Virginia's first election was conducted Stephen Elkins left the army Constitution stated that the "executive department shall consist of a governor, secretary of state, superintendent of free schools, auditor, treasurer and attorney general." Construction of Fort Boreman began Frederick County citizens voted not to become part of West Virginia John Hale organized the Bank of the West Harrison County was first in West Virginia in the production of beef cattle Devil Anse Hatfield deserted the regular Virginia infantry in the Civil War The state constitution stated that Delegates of the House of Delegates served one-year terms Chester Hubbard became a member of the first West Virginia senate John Jay Jackson Sr supported the move for the creation of a separate state but opposed the abolition of slavery Mudwall Jackson led troops against Union Gen. Thomas Harris The presence of the B&O influenced the decision to include Jefferson County in the new state The state constitution adopted Virginia common law and statutes as the law of West Virginia Daniel Lamb was a member of the first West Virginia legislature West Virginia state government resumed the project for Weston Hospital The Marshall College property was sold at public auction to Salina Hite Mason The Methodist Church claimed the largest number of congregation in West Virginia Reported 250 newspapers had been established Editors changed their mastheads to reflect the name of the new state Hiram Clay first settled in what is know Pineville. Samuel Price was elected lieutenant governor of Confederate Virginia. Beckley was bombarded by federal artillery. The first period of Republican dominance began Mrs. Henry Woods wrote East Lynne The first free school opened in Ripley Lewis Ruffner was appointed a major general of militia for West Virginia Nathan Scott enlisted in the Union army in Ohio The Supreme Court of Appeals sat at Wheeling with three justices Thurmond's Rangers became 44th Virginia Cavalry Battalion Campbell Tarr became West Virginia's first state treasurer The repayment to the state of Virginia was included in the West Virginia constitution Legislature gave official sanction to teachers organization All turnpikes in West Virginia were turned over to the counties through which they ran The name was changed to West Virginia Hospital for the Insane Kellian Whaley was reelected to Congress from West Virginia Confederate forces reoccupied Lewisburg Waitman Willey began serving as U.S. Senator from West Virginia Wirt County was divided into 7 districts Fort Boreman was constructed in Wood County
1920
Braxton's population peaked at 23,973 Other events that happened on or around 1920 Women received the right to vote State apple-packing plant in Inwood was established Walter Barnes wrote Types of Children's Literature 14 West Virginia cities and towns had professional baseball Alonzo Brooks published West Virginia Trees Izetta Brown was first woman to second a presidential nominee, John W. Davis Chauncey H. Browning graduated from Logan High School City Hospital was moved to Camden mansion on Garfield Avenue in Parkersburg Don Chafin was reelected as sheriff Louis Watson Chappell received his M.A. from University of Virginia The Union Carbide Company bought small refinery near Clendenin Matthew Wesley Clair, Sr. was elected bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church Fayette County population jumped to 60,377 Caroline Gentry released The Key to Power, a movie The Glen Ferris Inn was sold to a subsidiary of Union Carbide Voters approved the Good Roads amendment Grafton reached its peak population of 8,517 H. B. Moore and his brothers purchased the school and reorganized it as the Greenbrier Military School Harrison County population rose to 74,783 Sid Hatfield assisted a United Mine Workers campaign to organize Tug Fork miners The Clarksburg factory of the Hazel Atlas Glass Company had 15 acres of floor space, employed 1,200 people and shipped all over the world Chemical firms in the Kanawha Valley began expanding rapidly Census reported 6,260 Hungarians in West Virginia Union organizing led to confrontations at Matewan and Blair Mountain La Belle Ironworks merged with Wheeling Iron and Steel and Whitaker-Glessner Company to form Wheeling Steel Corporation Ann Johnson Gates became the first woman member of the West Virginia legislature The legislator salary was set at $500 High school at Walkersville was constructed John L. Lewis became the president of the UMWA Big Bill Lias started a career in the illegal sale and distribution of liquor Minnie Lowther moved to Washington Jacob Marcus attained his rabbinical ordination William Marsh stopped serving as president of the M. Marsh and Son company Marshall became a four-year college The name was changed from Martinsburg West Virginia Evening Journal to Martinsburg Journal McDowell was the third most populous county in the state Willow Glen mansion, known in the Wheeling area as McKinley's Palace, was completed James Miller ran unsuccessfully for secretary of state James Miller left as judge Additional land for Monongahela National Forest was purchased The B&O leased the Morgantown & Kingwood The National Bank of Commerce moved to Charleston and was renamed the State Street Bank The Parkersburg Daily Sentinel ceased publication. Monongahela National Forest was created. Jennings Randolph graduated from Salem Academy. The buildings at Red Sulphur Springs were dismantled and the resort ceased operation. Red Ribble moved to Mount Hope The third courthouse at Ripley was built There were 398 sawmills operating in West Virginia The United Daughters of the Confederacy and Sons of Confederate Veterans decided to erect a memorial to Heyward Shepherd W. H. S White became president of Shepherd College Matthew Holt was the Socialist candidate for governor James Weldon Johnson was responsible for publishing Anne Spencer's " Before the Feast at Shushan" P. D. Strausbaugh received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago Howard Sutherland made a bid for presidency of United States Union Carbide purchased a small refinery at Clendenin C. W. Ferguson III was born Webster County population was 11,000 Weirton population was at 8,000 Welch population was at 3,232 West Liberty's first dorms were built Riley Wilson ran unsuccessfully for Congress Carter G. Woodson left Howard University Carter G. Woodson began Dean of the West Virginia Collegiate Institution (now West Virginia State University)
1961
The Army Corps of Engineers completed a dam on Elk River at Sutton Other events that happened on or around 1961 Discrimination against blacks in state's public places continued, according to West Virginia Human Rights Commission, including in the coal mines. West Virginia purchased an additional 44 acres A flood claimed 22 lives in West Virginia A 65-site campground opened at Blackwater Falls State Park Marshall College became a university Charleston's Davis Child Shelter orphanage closed W. E. "Ned" Chilton III became publisher of the Charleston Gazette Accident classified as a "disaster" changed from when 5 died to 3 or more Bruce Crawford retired from the West Virginia Advertising Company Reported 90% of West Virginia crimes were nonviolent Phyllis Curtin made her Metropolitan Opera debut Julia Davis wrote Legacy of Love Douglass High School closed in Huntington Joanne Dru was featured on Guestward Ho! Ann Flagg moved to Chicago Grafton National Cemetery reached its capacity of 2,119 graves Charles Haden began practicing law with his father in a firm, Haden & Haden Elizabeth Hallanan became a member and chairman of the Public Service Commission Charles Hodel was named the Charleston Gazette's "man of the year" Joseph Hodges was appointed coadjutor bishop with the right of succession to Archbishop John Swint of the Diocese of Wheeling The gate house at the Huntington State Hospital entrance was removed The coal seam at Kaymoor was worked out Sam Mallison published Let's Set a Spell Kyle McCormick left the position of state historian Howard Gray passed presidency of the Meadow River Lumber Company to his son Morgantown Glassware Guild made a line of elegant stemware for the White House for the Kennedy administration Milan Puskar started Mylan Pharmaceuticals Okey Patteson married Dorothy R. "Bebe" (Reuter) Warden. The Omar riverboat was given to West Virginia Eleanor Roosevelt began serving as U.S. representative to the United Nations St. Francis Nursing School in Charleston closed David Selby appeared in Honey in the Rock The Salvation Army sold the Sunrise mansions and grounds to the Sunrise Foundation The New River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship was established Cyrus Vance was named general counsel for the Department of Defense Charleston baseball joined the AAA International League The Hinton Jaycees turned the water ski show into a full festival WSAZ was sold out-of-state Leonard C. Nelson became president of West Virginia Institute of Technology Matthew Reese joined the Democratic National Committee as deputy chairman Billy Cox met James "Jimi" Hendrix at the service club in Fort Campbell
1969
Braxton County High School opened Other events that happened on or around 1969 Maurice Brooks retired from WVU Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital closed its nursing school in Parkersburg Mountain State Hospital merged into Memorial Hospital (now Charleston Area Medical Center) Charleston National Bank moved to Charleston National Plaza The Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation's assets had grown to more than $66 million Franklin Cleckley earned LL.M from Harvard Franklin Cleckley became first black appointed full professor at WVU Mike Perkovic died Julius DeGruyter wrote Drum Beats on the Sandusky The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built the East Lynn Lake Edgewood Country Club developed 600 acres for new 18 hole championship golf course Members of the Board of Public Works had no voice in preparation of the budget under Modern Budget Amendment The Morris Family Old-Time Music Festival was founded
1978
Burnsville Dam placed in operation Other events that happened on or around 1978 Old Main Hall at Alderson-Broaddus College (now University) was destroyed by fire The board changed the name to Appalachian Bible College Appalachian Regional Hospitals closing of Man hospital Congress deregulated airline industry and government subsidies were eliminated Beech Fork Lake was opened to the public General Cigar and Tobacco Company became a division of Culbro William H. Brothers became president of Bluefield State College (now University) The Johnson Mountain Boys bluegrass band was founded Gale Catlett became head coach at WVU
1981
Braxton County Memorial Hospital opened Other events that happened on or around 1981 Augusta acquired and hosted by Davis & Elkins College First bald eagle nest documented in West Virginia West Virginia Baptist Historical Society occupied a vault and adjoining room of the West Virginia Baptist Conference Center at Ripley Governor Rockefeller converted old Morris Harvey College buildings in Barboursville into state's first and only veterans home President Jerold O. Dugger ended the football program at Bluefield State College (now University) Jennings Boyd retired from coaching Operation of the Bretz Coke Ovens in Preston County ended Charleston National created bank holding company, Centurion Bancorp Rabbi Samuel Cooper retired from B'nai Jacob Richard Currey published his first short story Daniel Boone Hotel was closed Hazel Dickens released Hard Hitting Songs for Hard Hit People Henry Louis Gates received the MacArthur Fellowship or the "genius award" The Glen Ferris Inn was sold to Elkem Corporation The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service fenced the entrance sink of Hellhole Cavern to prohibit unauthorized entry Homer Hickam went to work for NASA at Marshall Space Flight Center The Preservation Alliance of West Virginia was founded An experimental liming device was installed on Laurel Run to neutralize the stream's acidity Jeff Hostetler transferred from Penn State to WVU Jennings Randolph Lake and Dam was completed John Knowles wrote Peace Breaks Out Dale Colyer of WVU College of Agriculture and Forestry wrote report for Mountaineers for Rural Progress Richard Virship stopped making chairs and put the Linger Chair Factory up for sale Comprehensive state gazetteers were published by the U.S. Geological Survey M. Blane Michael joined Jackson & Kelly law firm
1988
Gassaway depot was closed by CSX Other events that happened on or around 1988 First Annual Conference on West Virginia's Black History hosted by First Baptist Church of Charleston Appalachian Craftsmen, Inc. closed Princeton joined the Appalachian Rookie League in baseball Another 43 acres was added to Bear Rock Lakes Pinckney Benedict Received M.F.A from Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa Jerold Dugger resigned as president of Bluefield State College (now University) West Virginia was forced to reimburse $9.5 million to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for Buffalo Creek Flood recovery work Cabell Huntington Hospital Inc. became the new corporation governing the hospital Third generation took over Capon Springs Resort View Articles by Existing Key Dates or Specify Your Own Date Range |
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