The following are selected from a chronology provided in "The First 100 Years: A History of the West Virginia Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station," by Ernest Nesius.

1888: West Virginia Board of Regents accepts $15,000 in Hatch Act funds to establish an Agricultural Experiment Station. John A. Myers is appointed director.

1889: West Virginia University Armory is converted to Agricultural Experiment Station building. Dairy experiments begin in creamery.

1894: First experiment farm purchased at Morgantown. The 81-acre farm cost the state $3,900.

1899: Original experiment farm sold; 90-acre farm on outskirts of Morgantown purchased.

1903: First dairy herd purchased.

1908: First poultry house constructed.

1910: Home Economics unit established.

1911: Agricultural exhibits tour state on special trains, bringing college and station specialists to farmers.

1915: Seven farms are purchased in Morgantown, giving the Station a total of 687 acres.

1917: Lawrence A. Reymann farm in Hardy county is donated to the Station. Included are 931 acres of land, 74 Ayrshire dairy cows, and a cheese factory.

1921: Station leases 25 acres in Mason county from the state to conduct soil, crop and horticultural research. Later this becomes the Ohio Valley Branch Station.

1924: Dairy barn built on Morgantown experiment farm. The $30,000 barn housed 40 cows and included two 100-ton silos.

1930: Station buys 165 acres near Kearneysville in Jefferson county for orchard research.

1935: Division of Forestry established in the College.

1937: First comprehensive soil classification map of West Virginia, prepared by G.G. Pohlman, is published as Station Bulletin 284.

1941: Station purchases additional 290 acres to expand Morgantown farms.

1944: Arthurdale Homestead Farm in Preston county acquired from the federal government. The 457-acre farm is now part of the Reedsville Experiment Farm. The Child Development Laboratory established under the auspices of the Division of Home Economics in the College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Home Economics.

1948: State Department of Natural Resources leases 8,000 acres in Coopers Rock State Forest to the College for forest management research.

1949: Tygart Valley Forest acquired from U.S. Department of Health.

1961: Agricultural Sciences and Agricultural Engineering buildings are constructed on Evansdale campus. Cooperative programs with Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda are begun.

1963: Cooperative Extension Service moved out of College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Home Economics to new West Virginia Center for Appalachian Studies and Development.

1965: Percival Hall is built to house forestry programs. Home Economics transferred to College of Human Resources and Education.

1970: Allegheny Highlands Project established in Randolph and Upshur counties.

1975: Willow Bend Demonstrational Farm, Monroe county, donated to the University.

1980s: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing become integral parts of the research and teaching programs of the College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Consumer Sciences.

1982: Station trades 138-acre Ohio Valley Farm to Consolidated Gas Supply Corp. for 490 acres adjoining Reedsville Farm.

1986: The cooperative agreement between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, West Virginia University, and the Wildlife Management Institute became effective, establishing the West Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit.

1987: Family Resources (formerly Home Economics) returns to College and Station.

1988: U.S. Congress appropriates funds to establish Poultry Research Facility, while the West Virginia Legislature establishes the Appalachian Hardwood Center, both under the direction of the Experiment Station.

1990: International Culture Collection of Arbuscular & Vesicular-Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi moves to West Virginia University.

1994: Rosemary R. Haggett becomes first woman to serve as director of the Station and Dean of the College.

1996: Award-winning Kearneysville Tree Fruit Research and Education Center web site launched.