Babcock Lumber & Boom Company bought Thompson Lumber Company
Walter Barnes began teaching English at Greenville State Normal School (Greenville State College)
Fairmont, Clarksburg, and Piedmont played baseball in the Class D Western Pennsylvania League
The great Winding Gulf coalfield opened
Elkins Coal & Coke Company put beehive coke ovens into full production
Brinkley Bridge was built
Harry F. Byrd established the Martinsburg Evening Journal
McMillan Hospital created by Dr. William A. McMillan
The Chilton family acquired an interest in the newspaper and changed the name to the Charleston Gazette
The Chilton family acquired an interest in the newspaper and changed the name to the Charleston Gazette
Greenbrier Railway Company purchased by C&O
Oliver Chitwood became professor of history at WVU
Empire Bank building was finished in Clarksburg
Michael Benedum moved business headquarters and home to Pittsburgh
Stuart shaft mine explosion killed 85 men
Alston Dayton issued sweeping temporary injunction against the UMW in Hitchman Coal & Coke v. John Mitchell
John Easton came to Williamstown
Edgewood Country Club membership under Angus W. MacDonald constructed clubhouse and tennis courts
State property levy was eliminated
West Virginia lumber production peaked with 1.5 billion board feet sawed
Stella Fuller returned to Huntington
Howard Gore's father died and he took control of the farm
Rimfire Hamrick was employed by the Webster Springs Hotel as guide and handyman
City of Chester was incorporated
A meeting of the West Virginia Fish and Game Protective Association occurred at Clarksburg
John Nugent was appointed immigration commissioner
Lily Jackson inherited the family estate after her father, John Jay Jr. died
Fanny Johnson and husband, Vincent Costello moved to Wheeling
UMWA President John Mitchell came to Charleston to launch a major union offensive
Blanche Lazzell studied at the Art Students League in New York
Coal mining began around Walkersville
Mayor Scott Justice renamed the city of Logan Courthouse (formerly Aracoma) as Logan
Ezra Cline was born
Lawrence J. Corbly's title was changed from principal to president of Marshall College (now University)
The old Tyler County High School building was built
Three other mine disasters occurred including the Monongah Mine Disaster
The first Corn Club in West Virginia was established in Monroe County
Margaret Montague published The Sowing of Alderson Cree
The B&O line extending to the Morgantown & Kingwood line was completed
The Niagara Movement attempted to meet again at Storer College but officials wouldn't allow
Pineville was renamed and incorporated, and became county seat of Wyoming County
The William Ritter Lumber Company was indicted by a federal grand jury on charge of peonage
Reported 6,159 schools in 396 districts in West Virginia
The Lewisburg & Ronceverte brought rail service to Lewisburg
The Banner Glass Company relocated from Indiana to South Charleston
The Robey Theater opened in Spencer
Morris Harvey died
There was an explosion at the Pleasant Valley Coal Company mine killing 12 men
The Virginian Railway was established
H. Rus Warne had two exhibits at the Jamestown Exposition in Norfolk, Virginia
The Wheeling Custom House (West Virginia Independence Hall) ceased being a federal building.
Black teachers formed a separate Northern Teachers' Association
I. C. White advocated for legislation establishing the U.S. Bureau of Mines
