Charleston WV – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history.
To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org.
Feb. 12, 1867: Barboursville was incorporated by an act of the state legislature.
Originally the county seat of Cabell County, it lost that honor after the C&O Railway was
completed to Huntington.
Feb. 12, 1899: Karl Dewey Myers was born in Tucker County with severe disabilities.
He never attended school but educated himself through persistent self-study. He was named the
state’s first poet laureate in 1927.
Feb. 13, 1800: Gen. John Jay Jackson was born near Parkersburg. He served in the
Seminole Wars as a member of Gen. Andrew Jackson’s staff.
Feb. 13, 1913. Labor leader Mother Jones was arrested in Charleston after supporting
union miners on Paint Creek and Cabin Creek.
Feb. 13, 1923: Chuck Yeager was born at Myra, about seven miles from Hamlin. In
1947, in a Bell X-1 rocket airplane dropped from a B-29 bomber, Yeager became the first person
to break the sound barrier by flying 700 miles per hour.
Feb. 13, 1977: Football wide receiver Randy Moss was born in Rand, Kanawha County.
After two All-American seasons at Marshall University, he went on to a hall of fame career in
the National Football League.
Feb. 14, 1866: Grant County was created and named for Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, who later
became the nation’s 18th presidenThis Week in West Virginia History
Contact: Stan Bumgardner
304-346-8500
February 5, 2025
Charleston WV – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history.
To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org.
Feb. 12, 1867: Barboursville was incorporated by an act of the state legislature.
Originally the county seat of Cabell County, it lost that honor after the C&O Railway was
completed to Huntington.
Feb. 12, 1899: Karl Dewey Myers was born in Tucker County with severe disabilities.
He never attended school but educated himself through persistent self-study. He was named the
state’s first poet laureate in 1927.
Feb. 13, 1800: Gen. John Jay Jackson was born near Parkersburg. He served in the
Seminole Wars as a member of Gen. Andrew Jackson’s staff.
Feb. 13, 1913. Labor leader Mother Jones was arrested in Charleston after supporting
union miners on Paint Creek and Cabin Creek.
Feb. 13, 1923: Chuck Yeager was born at Myra, about seven miles from Hamlin. In
1947, in a Bell X-1 rocket airplane dropped from a B-29 bomber, Yeager became the first person
to break the sound barrier by flying 700 miles per hour.
Feb. 13, 1977: Football wide receiver Randy Moss was born in Rand, Kanawha County.
After two All-American seasons at Marshall University, he went on to a hall of fame career in
the National Football League.
Feb. 14, 1866: Grant County was created and named for Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, who later
became the nation’s 18th presidenThis Week in West Virginia History
Contact: Stan Bumgardner
304-346-8500
February 5, 2025
Charleston WV – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history.
To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org.
Feb. 12, 1867: Barboursville was incorporated by an act of the state legislature.
Originally the county seat of Cabell County, it lost that honor after the C&O Railway was
completed to Huntington.
Feb. 12, 1899: Karl Dewey Myers was born in Tucker County with severe disabilities.
He never attended school but educated himself through persistent self-study. He was named the
state’s first poet laureate in 1927.
Feb. 13, 1800: Gen. John Jay Jackson was born near Parkersburg. He served in the
Seminole Wars as a member of Gen. Andrew Jackson’s staff.
Feb. 13, 1913. Labor leader Mother Jones was arrested in Charleston after supporting
union miners on Paint Creek and Cabin Creek.
Feb. 13, 1923: Chuck Yeager was born at Myra, about seven miles from Hamlin. In
1947, in a Bell X-1 rocket airplane dropped from a B-29 bomber, Yeager became the first person
to break the sound barrier by flying 700 miles per hour.
Feb. 13, 1977: Football wide receiver Randy Moss was born in Rand, Kanawha County.
After two All-American seasons at Marshall University, he went on to a hall of fame career in
the National Football League.
Feb. 14, 1866: Grant County was created and named for Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, who later
became the nation’s 18th presidenThis Week in West Virginia Histor
Charleston WV – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history.
To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org.
Feb. 12, 1867: Barboursville was incorporated by an act of the state legislature.
Originally the county seat of Cabell County, it lost that honor after the C&O Railway was
completed to Huntington.
Feb. 12, 1899: Karl Dewey Myers was born in Tucker County with severe disabilities.
He never attended school but educated himself through persistent self-study. He was named the
state’s first poet laureate in 1927.
Feb. 13, 1800: Gen. John Jay Jackson was born near Parkersburg. He served in the
Seminole Wars as a member of Gen. Andrew Jackson’s staff.
Feb. 13, 1913. Labor leader Mother Jones was arrested in Charleston after supporting
union miners on Paint Creek and Cabin Creek.
Feb. 13, 1923: Chuck Yeager was born at Myra, about seven miles from Hamlin. In
Feb. 13 1947 in a Bell X-1 rocket airplane dropped from a B-29 bomber, Yeager became the first person
to break the sound barrier by flying 700 miles per hour.
Feb. 13, 1977: Football wide receiver Randy Moss was born in Rand, Kanawha County.
After two All-American seasons at Marshall University, he went on to a hall of fame career in
the National Football League.
Feb. 14, 1866: Grant County was created and named for Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, who later
became the nation’s 18th president
