Alexander Luark Wade

Martinsville was officially renamed New Martinsville

McElhenney died as pastor of the Old Stone Presbyterian Church of Lewisburg.

Joseph McMurran became principal of Shepherd College

The French Creek Academy was established

Charles Ward arrived in Charleston from England

Booker T. Washington enrolled at Hampton Institute in Hampton

Lewis William Washington died

The Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway was incorporated

William Wilson returned to Charles Town to practice law

Alexander Boteler ran unsuccessfully for Congress

Col. George Imboden bought the house known as Contentment in Ansted

Rebecca Davis wrote John Andross

William Dawson was elected chairman of the Preston County Republican committee

Alexander Donaghho started a pottery operation

Congress ordered a survey of the Guyandotte River

The first courthouse was replaced in Ritchie County

William Harvey began practicing law in Huntington

Hinton was laid out and lots sold

Investors erected a coke-fueled blast furnace along the C&O railway

William C. Kelly began making axes in Kentucky

John Birch became principal of Linsly School

Steamboats began travel from Parkersburg upriver to Palestine (Wirt County) on the Little Kanawha

The U.S. Congress authorized a survey of the Big Sandy and Tug and Levisa forks to determine the feasibility of building locks and dams

Henry Clay Ragland arrived in Logan

The town of Hurricane was established as Hurricane station after the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad was completed.

Henry Ragland moved to Logan.

Shepherd University had 160 students

A group of shotgun cottages were built for workers of the Central Glass Company and the Wheeling & Elm Grove Railroad

James O. Watson's coal mine partnership with Francis H. Pierpont was dissolved

The West Virginia Baptist Association was formed

The Education Association's first recorded constitution and bylaws were drafted and adopted

The Wheeling Diocese claimed 46 churches 7 chapels, 9 schools seminary, hospital 31 priests and 109 women religious

Four locks and dams were completed by the Little Kanawha Navigation Company

The first public high school diplomas issued in the state were awarded to Parkersburg High School graduates

City of Huntington purchased the property from the Central Land Company, owned by Collis P. Huntington

The name of the Winchester Female Institute was changed to Broaddus Female College (now part of Alderson Broaddus University)

Johnson Camden and his partners quietly sold to Rockefeller's Standard Oil

Marmaduke Dent was admitted to the bar

Stephen Elkins married Hallie Davis Elkins

Aretas Fleming left the House of Delegates

Remains from the Foreman party were transferred to Mount Roase Cemetery

Oil was first struck in Glenville

The Grange had 20,000 lodges and 800,000 members in the country

The Lewisburg Academy reopened after closing during the Civil War

Courthouse in Hamlin was constructed

The Pennsboro & Harrisville Railroad was built

The House of Delegates impeached Treasurer John Burdett

The American Ancient Order of Hibernians started a division in Wheeling

The capital was moved from Charleston to Wheeling

Harriet Jones graduated from the Women's Medical College of Baltimore

Other mills were destroyed by floods on the Jug of the Middle Island Creek

James Kay married Julia Ballintyne

Wheeling became known as the Nail City because of La Belle Ironworks

The legislature was required to met biennially

President Alexander Martin left WVU

A bill providing for better ventilation in the mines had been first introduced in legislature

The Morrow family moved to Pittsburgh

Johnson Newlon Camden joined John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Trust

The Sentinel was founded as the Parkersburg Weekly Sentinel by Robert Hornor.

Reported 14 baptisms at St. John's Chapel

The first band sawmill began operation in West Virginia

Nathan Scott moved to Wheeling

Booker T. Washington graduated from Hampton Institute

Cassville was chartered

Ernest T. Weir was born

I.C. White earned a masters degree at WVU

Woodlawn Cemetery began as a private family burial ground

Booker T. Washington graduated from Hampton Normal Institute in Virginia and returned to teach Sunday school at the African Zion Baptist Church

Edward Willis moved the Broaddus Female College (now part of Alderson Broaddus University) to Clarksburg

Cumberland Valley Railroad reached Martinsburg

Joseph Beury left Quinnimont

Benjamin C. Criswell won the Congressional Medal of Honor at the Battle of Little Big Horn

James Putney died

Henry Koontz died and Easton Roller Mill was taken over by the Anderson family

The Grange had 378 lodges and 10,700 members in West Virginia

Jedediah Hotchkiss' Virginia: A Geographical and Political Summary was published for the Virginia legislature

The impeachment trial of John Burdett in the Senate removed him from office of Treasurer

Maurice Sullivan sold his land atop Irish Mountain to J. J. Kane for a church and cemetery

Jackson's Mill was sold outside the Jackson family after the death of Catherin Jackson White

Kudzu was first introduced in the U.S. at Philadelphia trade exposition as an ornamental

George Wesley Atkinson wrote The History of Kanawha County

George Wesley Atkinson wrote The History of Kanawha County

The new Berkeley Hotel opened in Martinsburg

John McGraw received a law degree at Yale University

The New Dominion was established by Julian Fleming and William Jacos

The second courthouse in Elizabethtown was built

New Cumberland's first newspaper, The Independent began publication

Samuel Price unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Senate.

Daniel Purinton married Florence A. Lyon.

William MacCorkle came to West Virginia to teach in Pocahontas County.

Nathan Scott became the president of Central Glass Company

Robert Simmons was a delegate to the Republican national convention

The Wheeling firm, Wheeling Centre Tannery, became known as J. G. Hoffman and Sons

A cabin built by "Uncle Doc" Smith replaced the original Watters Smith cabin in southern Harrison County

Originally called "New Hall," Woodburn Hall was completed at WVU

I.C. White began working for the Pennsylvania Geological Survey

Booker T. Washington married his first wife, Fannie Smith, at the African Zion Baptist Church

West Virginia contracted with Storer College in educating African-American teachers

Congress gave $5,000 to Smithsonian to conduct excavations relating to prehistoric Mound Builders

George Atkinson wrote After the Moonshiners

West Virginia's first general banking law repealed

Legislature elected Johnson N. Camden to the U.S. Senate

Nathan Goff Jr. served as secretary of navy under President Hayes

The West Virginia Board of Health was established

West Virginia Board of Health was established

George Imboden became the president of the Fayette County Commission

Jacob Beeson Jackson began service as governor

John Jacob was appointed Ohio County circuit judge

The lock and dam on the Elk River was removed

Joseph Long moved to Wheeling

William MacCorkle married Belle Goshorn

Henry Mathews returned to Lewisburg

C.F. Millspaugh received a medical degree from the New York Homeopathic Medical College

The Norfolk & Western Railway was a result of a merger between the Atlantic, Mississippi & Ohio Railroad and Shenandoah Valley Railroad

Daniel Purinton became vice-president and acting president of West Virginia University.

William Rosecrans served in Congress from California

Johann Stifel died

Frederick Douglass spoke on the campus of Storer College

The current Monroe County courthouse was built in Union

West Union was incorporated

The first West Virginia State Fair was held at Wheeling Island

Albert White moved to Parkersburg

Emanuel Wilson finished his service in the House of Delegates

Thomas Davis moved with his family to Huntington

State Board of Agriculture set up by legislature

Legislature created a state banking department

There were 49 state banks and 22 national banks in West Virginia

Collection of Ambrose Bierce's Civil War stories, Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (also known as In the Midst of Life) was published

Fannie Cobb Carter earned teaching degree from Storer College in Harpers Ferry

WVU Mountaineers played first football game against University of Pittsburgh

First bridge built across the Kanawha River, in Charleston

Clarksburg investors acquired the Telegram

First principal of present Concord University Capt. James Harvey French died

James Dye graduated from Starling Medical College in Cincinnati

William Dawson became chairman of Republican state committee

Stephen Elkins was appointed secretary of war by President Harrison

George Peterkin built the Church of the Good Shepherd in Parkersburg

Town of Ansted was incorporated, named for David T. Ansted

The Central City brewery was built by American Brewing Company

Fostoria Glass Company relocated to Moundsville

Construction on Graceland began in Elkins

John P. Hale wrote History of the Great Kanawha Valley

Hamilton Hatter became a member of the college board of trustees

George Imboden was elected the first mayor of Ansted

The "Australian" or standardized printed ballot was adopted in West Virginia

Paris Brumfield was murdered by his son Charley in the wake of the Lincoln County Feud

The "government lock" was built on Little Kanawha River near Burning Springs

The federal government built a fifth lock and dam near burning springs

The Moundsville Daily Echo was established as a weekly newspaper

C. F. Millspaugh arrived at WVU

The Mount Carbon Prehistoric Site was investigated by Col. P. W. Norris for the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of American Ethnology

John T. McGraw purchased the land at Marlinton.

Pruntytown was originally established as the Industrial School for Boys

Pruntytown was originally established as the Industrial School for Boys.

Postmaster General John Wanamaker conducted a limited experiment with rural free delivery in the Eastern Panhandle

Labor organization lobbied for the law regulating scrip

The Seneca Glass Company opened in Fostoria, Ohio

James David Shaw became editor of the Moundsville Daily Echo

Telephone switchboards were installed at Clarksburg

The Martinsburg Mining, Manufacturing and Improvement Company developed a subdivision for workers

McDowell County seat located to Welch

The Norfolk & Western Railway Company extended its line into McDowell County

The Historical Society asked the West Virginia legislature for funding

Harriet Lyon became the first woman to receive a degree from WVU

The Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway was completed to Martin's Ferry Ohio

Emanuel Wilson authored a new election law

Alexander Wade Mansion was designated a National Historic Landmark