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of the

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of the city of Huntington,

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, USA.

Timeline

18th century

* 1775 - First permanent settlement in modern-day Huntington was founded as "Holderby's Landing".

19th century

* 1837 -

Marshall University Marshall University is a public university, public research university in Huntington, West Virginia, United States. It was founded in 1837 and is named after John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the United States, chief justice of the Uni ...

is founded as ''Marshall Academy''. * 1871 ** Huntington incorporated; named after businessman

Collis P. Huntington Collis Potter Huntington (October 22, 1821 – August 13, 1900) was an American industrialist and railway magnate. He was one of the Big Four of western railroading (along with Leland Stanford, Mark Hopkins, and Charles Crocker) who invested ...

who initiated town

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. ** Peter Cline Buffington elected mayor. * 1872 ** ''Huntington Argus'' newspaper begins publication. ** First Congregational Church founded. * 1873 **

Chesapeake and Ohio Railway The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway was a Class I railroad formed in 1869 in Virginia from several smaller Virginia railroads begun in the 19th century. Led by industrialist Collis Potter Huntington, it reached from Virginia's capital city of Rich ...

begins operating. ** Huntington station opens. * 1874 ** Spring Hill Cemetery opens. **''Huntington Advertiser'' newspaper in publication. * 1880 - Population: 3,174. * 1885 - Davis Opera House built. * 1887 ** Seat of Cabell County relocates to Huntington from Barboursville. **

Railroad depot A train station, railroad station, or railway station is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight, or both. It generally consists of at least one platform, one track, and a station building providing such an ...

built. * 1888 - Ohio River Railroad ( Wheeling-Huntington) begins operating. * 1890 - Population: 10,108. * 1891 - Guyandotte becomes part of Huntington. * 1893 - "Central City" incorporated near Huntington. *1898 -

The Parthenon The Parthenon (; ; ) is a former temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, that was dedicated to the goddess Athena. Its decorative sculptures are considered some of the high points of classical Greek art, and the Parthenon is considered a ...

opens. * 1899 -

Cabell County Courthouse The Cabell County Courthouse in Huntington, West Virginia was built in the Beaux-Arts Classical style in 1899. Originally designed by Gunn and Curtis of Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas City, and has been expanded in several phases. The constructio ...

opens. * 1900 - Ohio Valley Electric Railway begins operating.

20th century

* 1901 -

dedicated. * 1903 ** Carnegie Public Library opens. ** Camden Park opens. *1905 ** Heiner's Bakery opens. ** United States Post Office and Court House opens. * 1907 -

Old Main Old Main is a term often applied to the original building present on college or university campuses in the United States. The building serves today as home to administrative offices, such as the president or provost, but in its early inception may ...

opens. * 1908 - Huntington purchases the lands for the future project

Ritter Park Ritter Park is a public park in Huntington, West Virginia. Ritter Park, also known as the heart of Huntington, is operated and owned by the Greater Huntington Parks and Recreation District. History In 1908, Rufus Switzer, the future mayor of Hu ...

. * 1909 ** Central City becomes part of Huntington. ** ''

Herald-Dispatch ''The Herald-Dispatch'' is a non-daily newspaper that serves Huntington, West Virginia, and neighboring communities in southern Ohio and eastern Kentucky. It is currently owned by HD Media Co. LLC. It currently publishes Tuesdays-Saturdays, wit ...

'' newspaper in publication. * 1910 ** St. Cloud Commons opens. ** Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company opens. **Population: 31,161. * 1912 - Barnett Hospital and Nursing School opens. * 1913 ** March 30: Ohio River flood. **

, is created. (Includes timeline) * 1915 - Huntington City Hall was built. * 1916 -

Old Huntington High School Old Huntington High School is a historic high school building located at Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia. It was built in 1916, and is a -story buff-brick building in the Classical Revival style. It consists of a long rectangle with a ...

opens. * 1917 - Liggett and Myers Tobacco factory built. *1919 - Simms School Building opens. * 1920 - Population: 50,177. *1923 - West Virginia Colored Children's Home opens. * 1924 ** Foster Memorial Home opens. **

Memorial Arch Memorial gates and arches are architectural monuments in the form of gates and arches or other entrances, constructed as a memorial, often dedicated to a particular war though some are dedicated to individuals. The function, and very often the arc ...

is built. ** St. Mary's Hospital opens. ** St. Joseph Central Catholic High School is established. * 1925 ** Ohev Sholom Temple is built. ** West Virginia Building is built. * 1926 - Tivoli Theatre in business. * 1927 - WSAZ

radio Radio is the technology of communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 3 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmitter connec ...

begins broadcasting. * 1928 ** Keith-Albee Theatre in business. ** Fairfield Stadium opens. * 1929 - Rotary Park Bridge is built. * 1930 ** Rotary Park Bridge built. ** Population: 75,572. * 1935 - Flood. * 1936 - Huntington Junior College established. * 1937 - The

Ohio River flood of 1937 The Ohio River flood of 1937 took place in late January and February 1937. With damage stretching from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Cairo, Illinois, 385 people died, one million people were left homeless and property losses reached $500 million ...

occurs. * 1939 - Barnett Hospital and Nursing School closes. * 1941 - Beverly Theatre in business. * 1949 -

WSAZ-TV WSAZ-TV (channel 3) is a television station licensed to Huntington, West Virginia, United States, affiliated with NBC. It serves the Charleston, West Virginia, Charleston–Huntington media market, market, the second-largest television market ( ...

television begins broadcasting. * 1950 **

Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse The Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse was an 8,500-seat (6,500 for basketball) multi-purpose arena in Huntington, West Virginia. It was built in 1950. Prior to the completion of the Huntington Civic Center (now known as Marshall Health Network Arena ...

(arena) opens. ** Population: 86,353. * 1952 -

Tri-State Airport Tri-State Airport (Milton J. Ferguson Field) is a public airport in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States, three miles south of Huntington, West Virginia, near Ceredo, West Virginia, Ceredo and Kenova, West Virginia, Kenova. Owned by the T ...

opens. *1954 -

WCHS-TV WCHS-TV (channel 8) is a television station licensed to Charleston, West Virginia, United States, serving the Charleston– Huntington market as an affiliate of ABC and Fox. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, which provides certain servi ...

opens. * 1955 **WHTN-TV (

television Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. Additionally, the term can refer to a physical television set rather than the medium of transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, ...

) begins broadcasting. **

WOWK-TV WOWK-TV (channel 13) is a television station licensed to Huntington, West Virginia, United States, serving the Charleston–Huntington market as an affiliate of CBS. Owned by Nexstar Media Group, the station maintains studios on Quarrier Stre ...

opens. * 1956 **

Cabell Huntington Hospital Cabell Huntington Hospital is a regional, 303-bed academic medical center located in Huntington, West Virginia. Cabell Huntington cares for patients from more than 29 counties in West Virginia, eastern Kentucky, and southern Ohio. It is one of t ...

opens. **

Huntington Hornets The Huntington Hornets were a professional ice hockey team that played in Huntington, West Virginia as a member of the International Hockey League during the 1956–57 season. The team was relocated to Huntington from Grand Rapids, Michigan where ...

is founded. *1957 -

disbanded. * 1961 -

active. * 1968 - Cabell-Wayne Historical Society founded. *1969 -

West Virginia Public Broadcasting West Virginia Public Broadcasting (WVPB) is the public television and radio state network serving the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is owned by the West Virginia Public Broadcasting Authority, an agency of the state government that holds the l ...

opens. * 1970 ** November 14:

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occurs near city; Marshall University

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among the fatalities. ** West Huntington Bridge built. *1971 -

Kanawha Valley Regional Transportation Authority The Kanawha Valley Regional Transportation Authority, commonly known as "KRT" is the city bus system for the Charleston, West Virginia, United States metropolitan area. The tax supported system was founded in 1971 after the Greyhound Corporation a ...

opens. *1972 -

Tri-State Transit Authority The Tri-State Transit Authority (TTA) is the city bus system in Huntington, West Virginia, and Ironton, Ohio, as well as its suburbs. Its buses range, on the West Virginia side from 21st Street in Kenova, WV to Milton, West Virginia, about 20 mi ...

opens. * 1977 ** Huntington Civic Center (arena) opens. ** University's Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine established. **

Nick Rahall Nicholas Joseph Rahall II ( ; born May 20, 1949) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 2015. He is the longest-serving member ever of the United States ...

becomes

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for West Virginia's 4th congressional district. *1978 -

Beech Fork State Park Beech Fork State Park is a state park located in Cabell County and Wayne County, West Virginia. The park is located on the tailwater shores of Beech Fork Lake, a flood control impoundment of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the Beech Fork o ...

is founded. * 1980 - Population: 63,684. * 1981 **

Cam Henderson Center The Cam Henderson Center is the primary indoor athletics complex at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, USA.Huntington Mall Huntington Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in the village of Barboursville in Cabell County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Currently the largest mall in West Virginia, it opened on February 3, 1981 and features more than 150 retailers. ...

opens. **

WVAH-TV WVAH-TV (channel 11) is a television station licensed to Charleston, West Virginia, United States, serving the Charleston– Huntington market as an affiliate of the digital multicast network Catchy Comedy. It is owned by Cunningham Broadcasti ...

is founded. * 1983 **Huntington Area Food Bank establishe

** Huntington station is rebuilt. ** WTSF opens. * 1984 ** Harris Riverfront Park opens. **

WQCW WQCW (channel 30), branded Tri-State's CW, is a television station licensed to Portsmouth, Ohio, United States, serving as the CW affiliate for the Charleston–Huntington, West Virginia market. It is one of two commercial television stations ...

opens. * 1985 **

East Huntington Bridge The East Huntington Bridge (officially the Frank Gatski Memorial Bridge, also called the East End Bridge or the 31st Street Bridge) is a cable-stayed bridge crossing the Ohio River at Huntington, West Virginia. It carries West Virginia Route 10 ...

opens. ** City adopts "

strong mayor Strong may refer to: Education * The Strong, an educational institution in Rochester, New York, United States * Strong Hall (Lawrence, Kansas), an administrative hall of the University of Kansas * Strong School, New Haven, Connecticut, United ...

" style of government. * 1987 -

Huntington Museum of Art The Huntington Museum of Art is a nationally accredited art museum located in the Park Hills neighborhood above Ritter Park in Huntington, West Virginia. Housed on over 50 acres of land and occupying almost 60,000 square feet, it is the largest ...

opens. *1988 - WLPX-TV opens. * 1990 **

Huntington Cubs The Huntington Cubs was a minor league baseball team located in Huntington, West Virginia. The team played in the Appalachian League, and was affiliated with the Chicago Cubs. Their home stadium was St. Cloud Commons. at digitalballparks.com, URL ...

is founded. ** Fairfield Stadium closes. * 1991 **

Joan C. Edwards Stadium Joan C. Edwards Stadium, formerly Marshall University Stadium, is a American football, football stadium located on the campus of Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, United States. It currently can hold 30,475 spectators and include ...

opens. **

Museum of Radio and Technology The Museum of Radio and Technology is a museum in Huntington, West Virginia. The museum covers the birth and growth of electronic communication and entertainment and includes hands-on exhibits. Admission is free. History In 1991, the Museum of ...

opens. * 1993 **

Huntington Blizzard Huntington may refer to: Places Canada * Huntington, Nova Scotia New Zealand * Huntington, New Zealand a suburb in Hamilton, New Zealand United Kingdom * Huntington, Cheshire, England * Huntington, East Lothian, Scotland * Huntingt ...

is founded. **

Masonic Temple A Masonic Temple or Masonic Hall is, within Freemasonry, the room or edifice where a Masonic Lodge meets. Masonic Temple may also refer to an abstract spiritual goal and the conceptual ritualistic space of a meeting. Development and history I ...

opens. ** Owens-Illinois Glass Co. manufactory shuts down. * 1994 **

Cabell Midland High School Cabell Midland High School is a four-year high school located in Ona, West Virginia . The school's name is derived from two sources; "Cabell" for the county in which it is located, and "Midland" for the famous Midland Trail. Overview The scho ...

opens. **

Robert C. Byrd Bridge The Robert C. Byrd Bridge is a continuous truss bridge that crosses the Ohio River between Huntington, West Virginia and Chesapeake, Ohio. History Original bridge The previous bridge, opened in 1926, was Huntington's first bridge across ...

Chesapeake, Ohio Chesapeake is a village in Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. The population was 765 as of the 2020 census. It lies across the Ohio River from Huntington, West Virginia, at the mouth of Symmes Creek. The Robert C. Byrd Bridge across the O ...

opens. **The

disband. * 1996 ** Heritage Farm Museum and Village opens. ** Huntington High School opens. **

closes. **

Sam Hood Field Sam Hood Field was a soccer-specific stadium located in Huntington, West Virginia on the campus of Marshall University next to Joan C. Edwards Stadium. The stadium was built by and named for Marshall University alumnus and former head men's socc ...

opens. *1998 - Spring Valley High School opens. * 2000 **City website online (approximate date). **Huntington Blizzard moves to Beaumont Texas and remains as the Wildcatters. ** Port of Huntington Tri-State opens.

21st century

* 2001 -

David Felinton David Felinton was a former politician who served two terms as the mayor of Huntington, West Virginia. Education Felinton graduated with Latin honors, Cum Laude from Marshall University in 1999, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in political science ...

becomes the youngest mayor in Huntington, West Virginia history. * 2003 - Marshall Commons, opens. *2004 ** Fairfield Stadium is demolished. ** Pullman Square is built. **

Tsubasacon Tsubasacon is an annual three-day anime convention held during October at the Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center in Charleston, West Virginia. Tsubasacon is also the first anime convention to be held in West Virginia. The convention's name ...

starts. * 2006 **Fictional but based on true events ''

We Are Marshall ''We Are Marshall'' is a 2006 American biographical sports drama film directed by McG. It depicts the aftermath of the 1970 plane crash that killed 75 people: 37 players of the Marshall University Thundering Herd football team, five coaches, ...

'' movie released (set in Huntington). **

Huntington Heroes The Huntington Heroes were a professional indoor football franchise and member of the American Indoor Football Association (AIFA). The Heroes played their home games during their inaugural 2006 season at the Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse in Hun ...

is founded. * 2007 - Robert C. Byrd Biotechnology Science Center opens. * 2008 ** Dot Hicks Field opens. **

disbands. * 2009 **Kim Wolfe becomes mayor. ** The Marshall Rec Center opens. **

Huntington Prep School Huntington Prep or Huntington Expression Prep is a basketball-focused college preparatory school located in Huntington, West Virginia. Huntington Prep was originally unrelated to the public Huntington High School located in the same city, though ...

is founded. * 2010 - Population: 49,138. *2011 **

Huntington Hammer The Huntington Hammer were a professional indoor football team that began play as a charter member of the Ultimate Indoor Football League (UIFL) for its inaugural 2011 season. The Hammer were based in Huntington, West Virginia, with home games ...

is founded. ** West Virginia Colored Children's Home is demolished. *2012 **

disbanded. **

closes. **

closes. * 2013 ** Stephen T. Williams becomes mayor. **

Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex Hoops Family Field at Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex is a 1,256-capacity soccer-specific stadium in Huntington, West Virginia where it is the home of Marshall University's men's and women's soccer teams. It was built on the former site of the ...

opens. * 2014 -

Chris Cline Athletic Complex The Chris Cline Athletic Complex, an athletic center for Marshall University, is located in Huntington, West Virginia. The Chris Cline Athletic Complex opened in 2014 next to the Joan C. Edwards Stadium to develop future and current Marshall Thu ...

opens. * 2015 - Evan Jenkins U.S. representative for

West Virginia's 3rd congressional district West Virginia's 3rd congressional district is an obsolete U.S. congressional district in southern West Virginia. At various times the district covered different parts of the state, but in its final form included the state's second-largest city ...

. * 2024 **

Jack Cook Field Jack Cook Field is a baseball stadium in Huntington, West Virginia. It is the current home field for Marshall University's baseball team and for the Tri-State Coal Cats in the Appalachian League. The field is named after former longtime Marshal ...

opens. ** Tri-State Coal Cats is founded.

References

Bibliography

* * * * * * * George S. Wallace. Huntington through 75 Years. Huntington: 1947. * Doris C. Miller. Centennial History of Huntington. Huntington Centennial Commission, 1971. * James E. Casto. Huntington: An Illustrated History. Huntington: Chapman Printing, 1997. * * * * * . Circa 2014- (Series of articles) * James E. Casto. Lost Huntington, Recalling Vanished Landmarks. Drummond Press. Jacksonville, Florida, 2015. *

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