Kanawha Park was built in Charleston for baseball
Kanawha Park was built for baseball
Beckley street paving began
Newton Diehl Baker was appointed Secretary of War by President Wilson
John T. Harris produced the first volume of the West Virginia Blue Book
Izetta Brown took over management of Preston County farm and established modern dairy operation after husband's death
Elk River Coal & Lumber Company built a sawmill at Swandale
Col. E. G. Via bought the Camden Park
George Carter moved to Coalwood
The first fire towers were erected
Fairmont High School class wrote Marion County in the Making
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company located one of its main plants in Clarksburg
Letter from former Governor MacCorkle to state archivist Henry S. Green confuses John Hardy with John Henry
The West Virginia Asylum name changed to Huntington State Hospital
The company town of Itmann was built
Fanny Johnson published her only novel, The Beloved Son
Libbey-Owens-Ford built its large plate glass plant in Kanawha City
Herman Kump was defeated for prosecuting attorney
Blanche Lazzell began working in the method of single block color print
Howard B. Lee began serving as Mercer County prosecuting attorney
William Alexander MacCorkle wrote The White Sulphur Springs
Joseph Long became the postmaster of Huntington
Sam Mallison became city editor of the Clarksburg Telegram
Publication of the Market Bulletin began when James H. Stewart was agriculture commissioner
The Tilton family regained ownership of the Marlinton Opera House
John McGraw was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention
Six passenger trains a day operated from Charleston to Blakeley on Kellys Creek
12 passenger trains a day were scheduled into Charleston
The Point Pleasant Register became a daily
Michael Owens launched a Charleston glass factory
Paden City was incorporated
Pendleton Land Company took over Paden City Pottery
The Wyoming County courthouse was built
Rat Rodgers was named to the All-American teams
Socialists controlled both District 29 and District 17 of the UMWA
The Charleston Interurban Railroad was built to Cabin Creek
The earliest recorded instance of surface mining in West Virginia occurred
The USS Huntington was on the West Coast
The National Guard was activated after a call for troops to pursue Pancho Villa on the Mexican border
The National Guard was activated in call for troops to pursue Pancho Villa on the Mexican border
Statewide constitutional referendum for women's suffrage passed
Carter G. Woodson began publication of the Journal of Negro History
A courthouse at Pineville was built
Frank Reeves received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University
