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2002 - Ground-breaking for Pullman Square. read
more... |
2001 - Ground-breaking for Kinetic
Park project. |
1984 - Harris Riverfront Park is dedicated
in hopes of helping area residents get reacquainted with
the Ohio River. |
1979 - Gannett Corp. merges the Afternoon
Advertiser with the Herald-Dispatch. |
1971 - Gannett Corp. buys the Herald-Dispatch
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1961 - Marshall College is officially
designated a university and renamed Marshall University.
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1960 - On May 6th, John F. Kennedy
campaigns (by train) in Huntington and visits Jim's Spaghetti
House (a local eating landmark). |
1956 - Cabell-Huntington Hospital is
opened. |
1955 - The second TV station, WHTN
- TV (now WOWK), is established. |
1949 - The first TV station, WSAZ
, is established. |
1937 - In the midst of the Great Depression,
Huntington is again flooded. It is called the "Great Flood
of 1937" and spurred the construction of the current flood
wall. |
1928 - On May 8th, the Keith-Albee Theater
opens. |
1924 - St. Mary's Hospital opened |
1913 - On September 11th, Ritter Park
is officially opened.
- City of Huntington is flooded by the Ohio River again.
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1911 - Guyandotte becomes part of Huntington.
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1909 - C. L. Ritter donates more land
for the above park and the park is named after him.
- The Herald and The Dispatch merge.
- Central City becomes part of Huntington. |
1908 - A city park is established along
Four
Pole Creek. read
more... |
1904 - The Huntington Dispatch is started.
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1902 - The Cabell County Public Library
is opened, and was funded by Andrew Carnegie. |
1901 - First long distance telephone
service available. |
1893 - Central City is incorporated.
read more...
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1891 - Huntington gets telephone service.
read more...
- Central City (just west of Huntington) laid out
and settled. |
1890 - The Huntington Herald is started
by G.A. Northcott and five other men. |
1889 - The Advertiser is now published
daily.
- First Huntington Independent School Board elected to manage
the Huntington Independent School District. read
more... |
1887 - The first daily newspaper, The
Evening Times , is established.
- Cabell County seat moved to Huntington. |
1886 - First electric street lights.
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1884 - Huntington experiences it's
first serious flood. |
1875 - The Independent merges with
The Cabell Press (Guyandotte paper) and is called The Weekly
Advertiser . |
1873 - The first locomotive comes through
the area. read
more...
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1872 - Another paper, The Commercial
, is established. |
1871 - On Feb. 27th, the West Virginia
Legislature approved an act incorporating the City of Huntington.
- On Dec. 31st, Peter Cline Buffington (grandson of Thomas
Buffington) is elected as the first mayor. read
more...
- The first flatbed press comes to Huntington.
- A weekly paper, The Independent, is published. |
1870-71 - City plan for Huntington
laid out. read
more... |
1869 - Collis P. Huntington buys the
ailing C&O Railroad for $850,000 and surveys Holderby's
Landing and the area just west of Guyandotte as the base
for the C&O Railroad. read
more... |
1867 - State of West Virginia takes
over operation of Marshall College. |
1861 - In June, a landmark battle of
the Civil War takes place in Guyandotte. This battle helps
to spawn the new state of West Virginia. read
more...
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1858 - Virginia General Assembly makes
Marshall Academy a college and changes the name to Marshall
College. |
1842 - Charles Dickens visits the United
States and cruises down the Ohio River past the future site
of Huntington, WV. read
more... |
1840's - Steamboats replace keel boats
on the Ohio River. |
1838 - Marshall Academy is incorporated
as an academy. |
1837 - Marshall Academy founded by
John Laidley in honor of his friend, US Supreme Court Chief
Justice, John Marshall. |
1821 - James Holderby (1782-1855) purchased
a farm between what is now 14th and 17th Streets on the
eastern edge of Huntington.
read more... |
1810 - The Virginia General Assembly
granted an official charter to Guyandotte. |
1809 - Cabell
County is created. read
more... |
1806 - First official settlement of
Guyandotte; a small trading post was opened. |
1775 - Guyandotte christened by surveyors.
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Thanks to --
Baumgartner, Rick. First Families of Huntington.
Privately printed, 1977. This paperbound volume bring
together an eighteen-part newspaper feature series published
in The Advertiser from October 18, 1976, through March 24,
1977. Not a "genealogical tracing of individual families,"
the series is simply intended, as Baumgartner explains in
a brief preface, "to bring to life a sampling" of those
who were important to the city's founding and early growth.
Cartwright Nance, Karen N. for her contributions to
the City of Huntington historical pages.
Casto, James E. Huntington, An Illustrated History.
1985, Windsor Publication, Inc.
Guyandotte Civil War Days, Fifth Annual Commemoriative
Program, The 133rd Anniversary of the Raid on Guyandotte,
VA. Sponsor: Guyandotte Civil War Days & Raid on
Guyandotte, Inc. (with many co-sponsors)
Miller, Doris C. A Centennial History of Huntington,
W.Va., 1871--1971. Huntington: The Huntington Centennial
Commission, 1971. A brief highly readable account of
the city's first 100 years.
Wallace, George Selden. Huntington Through Seventy-five
Years. Privately printed, 1947. Especially useful
for its histories of major Huntington businesses and industries.
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