On March 3, 1870, the West Virginia legislature passed an act establishing the West Virginia Schools For the Deaf and the Blind.
Learn more:
Founding of the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the
Blind
Act Establishing the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf
and the Blind
First Annual Report of the Board of Regents &
Principal of the West Virginia Institution for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind
March 3: Shooting of William Johnson