The original line of the Norfolk & Western from Kenova to Mingo County was completedĬonstruction on municipal water and sewer systems began in Weston Jehovah Witnesses built the New Light church Reported 236 native Hungarians in West VirginiaĬongress enacted the McKinley tariff to stimulate the domestic production of tin plate Thomas Lovett built the Hilltop House in Harpers Ferry Hale helped and Virgil Lewis found the West Virginia Historical and Antiquarian Society The Lewisburg Academy changed its name to Greenbrier Military AcademyĬapt. William Glasscock became the clerk of the county circuit court Jack Glasscock won the National League batting title, hitting. Stephen Elkins built his home, Halliehurst, in Elkins Cornwell and brother William purchased the Hampshire Review Marshall University started botany classesĬharles Frederik Millspaugh suggested need for an arboretum at WVU

Many Bloch Brothers employees joined the Tobacco Workers Union Harry Bandholtz graduated from West Point George Atkinson wrote Prominent Men of West Virginia The drilling of the first gas well in Hundred Henry Everett Engle copyrighted the music to 'The West Virginia Hills' Telephone switchboards were installed at MartinsburgĪ fire burned much of the Valley Falls area The Ravenswood, Spencer, & Glenville Railroad was established.Ī referendum confirmed Ripley as county seat of Jackson County

The first public high school for blacks, Sumner High, was established in Parkersburg. John McGraw was appointed collector of internal revenue for West Virginia by President ClevelandĪ permanent Mormon presence in West Virginia began with the creation of the West Virginia Conference Marlin's Bottom changed its name to Marlinton Harriet Jones opened a private practice in Wheeling Hale produced book, Trans-Allegheny PioneersĪ 'substantial brick jail' was added to the courthouse in HamlinĪ referendum was unsuccessfully proposed to make Ravenswood the new county seat of Jackson County Giesey opened his own architecture office in Wheeling William Edwin Chilton ran unsuccessfully for state senateĪretas Fleming's fortunes were joined with U.S. Railroad line was built through the area of New Cumberland by Pennsylvania Railroad

Park was built on the upper end of Blennerhassett Island

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