The Blackwater Chronicle was originally published
Mr. Boyd purchased land at the corner of Race and Spring, Martinsburg
Barrackville bridge built by Lemuel Chenoweth
Covington & Ohio Railroad was charted
Thomas English bought 27 coal leases and incorporated two coal companies
Hamlin was chartered by the General Assembly
Jedediah Hotchkiss married Sara Comfort
Nativists adhering to the Know Nothing party threatened a papal diplomat visiting Wheeling
John Jacob married Jane Baird
John Jacob was appointed professor of political economy at the University of Missouri
Joseph Johnson's wife died
Hamlin was established by the General Assembly
Two locks and dams were added to the Guyandotte and Ohio River
Logan was chartered as town of Aracoma by the General Assembly
Mining began in Clifton
The St. John's Chapel was built
David Strother was commissioned by Harper and Brothers to write and illustrate article about sporting expedition into the Canaan wilderness
A suspension bridge was constructed on the Weston & Gauley Bridge Turnpike at Sutton
The Fort Hill Farm brick house was built in Mineral County
Virginia's Chapel was built in Cedar Grove
Bishop Richard Whelan bought property for the Wheeling Hospital
Four-story building built as a warehouse for the Crescent Manufacturing Company in Wheeling
