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September 16, 1795: Harpers Ferry Armory
September 25, 1913: The Greenbrier Hotel
November 10, 1817: Kanawha Salt Company--1st salt trust
November 25, 1927: Life of geologist I. C. White & the oil industry
December 12, 1975: Original Shoney's Restaurant closes
December 31, 1901: Life of coal baron Isaac T. Mann
January 12, 1967: Governor Hulett Smith initiates strip mining reforms
February 5, 1974: The energy crisis
May 15, 1880: 1st telephone exchange in West Virginia (Wheeling)