01-16-1900 – Mayo at Capitol Hotel in Frankfort during Colson – Scott shoot out
06-01-1900 – Paintsville population was 53910-17-1900 – First               
                      church   wedding  held in First Methodist Church (Geiger –  Hager)
00-00-1901 – Paintsville Grocery Co. organized by H.M. Stafford, W.W. Stafford, 
                       and James Auxier
00-00-1901 – Mayo organized Northern Coal and Coke Companies
1901–1902 – Paintsville Commercial published (Charles Kirk)
05-02-1901 – First  issue of Paintsville Herald published
09-16-1901 – Mayo incorporated Mayo Coal Co
03-17-1902 – Paintsville National Bank opened for business
02-00-1903 – Mayo was in Florida to confer with ex-senator Johnson M. Camden
02-06-1903 – Small Pox epidemic broke out with more than 103 cases
03-00-1903 – M.E. Church South parsonage completed and occupied on 5^th Street
03-26-1903 – Telegraph line completed
03-29-1903 – Original “Union” Baptist Church dedicated, corner of 2^nd & Church
10-26-1903 – First Baptist Church organized
06-25-1904 – The Missionary Baptist Church and Paintsville
                       Freewill   BaptistChurch were joined by the Paintsville United
                       Baptist church congregation in holding worship services at 2^nd and 
                       Church
00-00-1904 – M.E. Church became Station instead of circuit
00-00-1904 – Paintsville Leader published
06-25-1904 – Paintsville United Baptist Church organized
09-01-1904 – First C & O train officially arrived in Paintsville
00-00-1905 – First vehicle bridge opened across Paint Creek in Paintsville
00-00-1905 – North-East Coal Company purchased Mayo’s Muddy Branch
                       Coal Company
00-00-1905 – Work began on Mayo Mansion
05-16-1905 – Sandy Valley Seminary property turned over to M.E. Church South
05-18-1905 – Sandy Valley Seminary accepted contributions of cash and
                       property from John C.C. Mayo
09-00-1905 – Sandy Valley Seminary opened
00-00-1906 – Paintsville’s first telephones were installed
02-02-1906 – Missionary Baptists complete construction of new church building
                      at  the corner of 4^th and College Streets
00-00-1907 – Mayo became member of State Democratic Committee
00-00-1907 – Mayo bought city street bonds
06-00-1907 – Big Sandy Hardware formed; bought Foster-Meade Hardware
06-04-1907 – J.K. Wells Sr. admitted to bar
06-06-1907 – Jasper Wood opened photographic studio gallery on 2^nd St
06-10-1907 – Steamer CANDO sank in violent storm
06-11-1907 – Dr. Lloyd Meade opened dental practice
06-14-1907 – Dunn Construction Company began the first street paving project in
                       Paintsville 
06-17-1907 –Work resumed at North East #2 mine after several
                      months  work stoppage due to strike
06-18-1907 – Henry S. Howes declined nomination as Secretary of State
06-20-1907 – Fred W. Castle built offices and houses for North East
                       Coal  at  Muddy Branch
07-01-1907 – Dr. G.V. Daniel campaigned for State Senate
07-02-1907 – Minnie Sizemore opened photo shop
07-30-1907 – W. R. Castle received his medical degree
08-03-1907 – Independent Western Union telegraph lines
08-09-1907 – Town ladies held ice cream supper in courthouse square
                       to  benefit local  baseball club
09-00-1907 – F. M. Stafford sub-divided 50 acres into lots, now Stafford Addition
09-00-1907 – Mayo incorporated Walter’s Lumber Co. in Charleston
11-21-1907 – North East tipple at head of Muddy Branch is completed
11-23-1907 – First official home football game is played on Sandy Valley Seminary
                      field
11-28-1907 – Coal sold for 8 cents per bushel retail
12-05-1907 – Paintsville Commercial Club held banquet for C & O officials
01-06-1908 – Clarence W. Howes named chairman of town trustees
02-02-1908 – New First Baptist Church dedicated at corner of 4^th and College
                      (Construction cost - $5,000.00)
02-26-1908 – City signed contract for 24 fire hydrants
04-20-1908 – Mayo mentioned as Congressional candidate from 10^th District
05-01-1908 – Iron fence erected for Paintsville elementary and high school square
05-12-1908 – E.M. Clay named city engineer
06-01-1908 – City bought first street sweeping equipment
06-02-1908 – Cornerstone laid for Alice Mayo Hall dormitory
06-04-1908 – Mayo’s special rail car left Louisville for Democrat 
                       Convention at  Denver                                                        
08-11-1908 – First street paving project completed
08-26-1908 – First water, sewer, and electrical franchise granted by city
10-02-1908 – Mayo entertained Democratic notables at his home in Paintsville
10-18-1908 – Five in George Stafford family killed in Main Street fire
11-04-1908 – Trustees of M.E. Church South, voted to build new church
00-00-1909 – Consolidation Coal purchased Mayo’s Miller’s
                       Creek  mining properties
02-19-1909 – Telephone line completed between Paintsville & Salyersville
09-00-1909 – Paintsville Bank & Trust organized
09-18-1909 – Annual conference of M.E. Church South held at
                       new  Mayo  Memorial Church
00-01-1909 – Consolidated Coal announced plans for Van Lear mining town
10-10-1909 – Methodist Church 100 years old in Sandy Valley
00-00-1910 – The railroad bridge across the river at Van Lear Junction completed
00-00-1910 – First coal from Consol’s Van Lear Mine #151 was shipped by rail
02-08-1910 – Town Trustees authorized natural gas distribution franchise
02-16-1910 – Paintsville Bank & Trust opened for business
03-23-1910 – John F. Howes named City Police Judge
00-00-1911 – Consolidated began operations in Millers Creek coal field
00-00-1911 – Steamboat “Thealka” sunk by ice on Big Sandy
00-00-1911 – Mayo helped Maryland native Watson become U. S. Senator
                       in  W.Va.
07-03-1911 – Concrete bridge built across Tan Vat Branch at Wood
                      St.  in Bristlebuck
00-00-1912 – Mayo sold house and lot on Third St. to John E. Buckingham
00-00-1912 – Mayo Mansion completed
01-04-1912 – James W. Turner named City Treasurer
05-29-1912 – John C.C. Mayo named member of Democratic
                      National  Convention from Ky
11-00-1912 – Mayo held election night party at office on 3^rd Street
                       to  celebrate election of Woodrow Wilson
01-08-1913 – J. K. Wells appointed City Attorney
03-06-1913 – Mayo mentioned as possible Ambassador to South American
                       Republic                                
04-25-1913 – Elkhorn Fuel Co. organized at Waldorf Astoria
05-24-1913 – W. H. Slone named chairman of town trustees
06-13-1913 – George Dills appointed City Marshall
08-20-1913 – Mayo returned from Europe
08-22-1913 – Mayo reception at Buckingham house
02-06-1914 – Mayo bought Kentucky Confederate Bonds, state avoids crisis
02-09-1914 – Mayo was first reported ill
02-28-1914 – Mayo moved to Cincinnati hospital
03-13-1914 – Big Sandy Bottling Co. incorporated by J.E. Atkinson and others 
04-17-1914 – Paintsville Public School had first open house
04-23-1914 – Mayo moved to New York for specialists
05-11-1914 – Mayo died in New York
05-14-1914 – Mayo funeral held in Paintsville; more than 5000 people attended
07-00-1914 – Ground broken for new First Methodist Episcopal Church
10-05-1914 – John Ramey opened city’s first steam laundry on 3^rd Street
10-08-1914 – First day of first Johnson County Fair
10-09-1914 – Miller Fairchilds named first county Apple King
11-03-1914 – Paintsville Auto Co. sold 3 Fords;  earliest record of auto
                      sales  in county
11-12-1914 – First “Honor Roll” of Paintsville students published
12-00-1914 – Euclid Avenue paved and opened to the public
12-05-1914 – John H. Preston & Son opened clothing store
00-00-1915 – Paintsville Post began publication
01-08-1915 – Henry  LaViers promoted to Gen’l Manager of North
                       East’s  South  East Coal Co. operations
01-16-1915 – Paintsville High School first accredited
01-25-1915 – R. C. Thomas named North East Superintendent
05-13-1915 – Post Publishing Co. (Paintsville Post) incorporated by
                       A.E.  Auxier,  Bird Webb, Milt Harris,  H. B. Richmond and
                       Everett  Hitchcock.
08-11-1915 – It was unlawful to operate motor vehicle between 11:00 pm
                       and  3:00  am
01-03-1916 – G.H. Rice named City Treasurer
1916 or  17 – Alice Mayo married Dr. S. P. Fetter
1916 -1918 – Van Lear ball club defeated Cincinnati Reds at Louisa
08-09-1917 – Big Sandy Hardware incorporated
00-00-1918 – Fetters moved to Ashland
00-00-1918 – Flood
00-00-1918 – New Paintsville High School building erected
03-13-1918 – Fire destroyed The Paintsville Post; newspaper ceases operation
06-30-1918 – Johnson County produced 952,000 tons of coal since July 1, 1917
09-09-1918 – John C.C. Mayo College approved as successor to Sandy Valley
                       Seminary
10-01-1918 – Great Flu epidemic hit Paintsville
03-25-1919 – Paintsville Furniture Co. incorporated by T.J. Davis, John  A.   
                       Jones,  Elmer Dawson, R.E. Thomas, Frank J. Conely, and Guy
                       W.Preston
01-05-1920 – Zip Wells appointed City Attorney
01-05-1920 – Forrest B. Preston elected chairman of Town Trustees
02-05-1920 – Citizens Motor Sales Co. incorporated by Fonnie Daniels
04-01-1920 – Population 1383
05-25-1920 – Paintsville Auto Sales and Service Co. incorporated
                       by  F.M.  Hondel,G.B. Hondel and Edgar Kazee
11-03-1920 – Paintsville Hospital opened
00-00-1921 – Sandy Valley Grocery formed
00-00-1921 – The Arcade building opened
00-00-1921 – Johnson County American Legion Post organized
02-08-1921 – Sandy Valley Grocery Co. incorporated by C.W.
                       Wheeler, B.I.   Wheeler, H. H. Wheeler, Ed VanHoose and Frank
                       Chandler
06-10-1921 – Sandy Valley Seminary changed name to Mayo College
08-26-1921 – Clark Walters appointed town marshal
08-26-1921 – Police Chief James Melvin and Revenue agent J. H. Reynolds killed
01-02-1922 – R. C. Thomas elected chairman of Town Trustees
02-27-1922 – Big Sandy Auto Co. incorporated by C.T. Rule, J.B. Wells,
                       B.H.  Cox  and  B.H. Conley
04-00-1922 – Paintsville – Van Lear Rotary Club organized
04-13-1922 – R. C. Thomas elected first Mayor by City Council
06-06-1922 – Stanley Temple appointed City Engineer
07-01-1922 – Paintsville Bank and Trust was reorganized
?-?-1923 - Original iron bridge across Paint Creek at Fish Trap
00-00-1923 – Bridge built across Big Sandy River at mouth of Muddy Branch
00-00-1923 – D. H. Dorton joined staff of Paintsville Bank and Trust Co.
01-01-1923 - Johnson County gets first full-time health officer
01-07-1923 – Margaret Mayo married John F. Johnson Jr. in Ashland
02-01-1923 – Don C. VanHoose became Post Master
03-00-1923 – Masons purchased corner lot at Second and Court
05-09-1923 – Heavy snowfall
06-13-1923 – Paintsville played baseball on new field in King
                      Addition  called  Riverview  Park
06-14-1923 – W. B. Bailey sold livery and feed business to Paddlefoot Adams
11-06-1923 – City voters approved water works bond issue
12-00-1923 – Rule Hotel opened
01-05-1924 – City bought site of present City Hall
01-06-1924 – Great Culpepper Revival started
01-07-1924 – Dr. J.C. Sparks took oath as city’s first Mayor elected by the people
02-00-1924 – D. H. Dorton appointed City Treasurer (holds office
                       longest  of  anyone)
02-11-1924 – Sparks resigned as Mayor and moves to Ashland
07-?-  1924 - Dedication of World War I Memorial
08-14-1924 – First women jurors selected
09-01-1924 – Giant KKK Rally held in Paintsville
10-31-1924 – Paintsville businesses held first Dollar Days
11-10-1924 – Apples displayed at courthouse
12-19-1924 – Paintsville Kiwanis Club organized
00-00-1925 – Paintsville Fire Dept. organized; John H. Chandler named chief
00-00-1925 – Greyhound announced first service to Paintsville
01-01-1925 – First free mail delivery authorized in Paintsville
01-28-1925 – Paintsville Kiwanis Club held charter night
03-11-1925 – Paintsville Comets Girls Basketball Team went to
                       school’s  first  state tournament
03-16-1925 – First Boy Scout Troop organized – Hatler Johnson Scoutmaster
03-17-1925 – Mountain Furniture Co. opened by J. Langley Preston,
                      Guy  Preston  and J.  H. Pelphrey
03-28-1925 – Voters approved new school building bond issue
04-16-1925 – Masonic Lodge met in new building for first time
04-18-1925 – East Kentucky Baseball League organized
04-23-1925 – Big Sandy Hardware announced plans to construct new building at 
                      Main and East Streets
05-16-1925 – Masons held their first meeting in the new building
06-07-1925 – Paintsville Delphian Society (literature, music, etc.) organized
06-07-1925 – Stafford Addition Church of God dedicated
07-01-1925 – Sparks Bros. opened bus service
11-03-1925 – E. E. Archer elected Mayor
11-07-1925 – Paintsville DAR Chapter organized
00-00-1926 – O.W. Cain selected Johnson County school superintendent
02-00-1926 – Paintsville named 4^th class city by act of General Assembly
01-00-1926 – New school building and gym opened
01-00-1926 – Dr. E. E. Archer took oath as Mayor of Paintsville
02-22-1926 – City Policeman Jimmy Foster killed attorney John Ken Wells
01-23-1927 – Paintsville Bank and Trust changed it’s name to
                       Second  National Bank
03-10-1927 – Paintsville Herald published 180 pages in special edition
04-23-1927 – Big Sandy Hardware building installed first electric elevator
05-29-1927 – 3 killed in disastrous cloud burst
05-30-1927 – Flood
06-05-1927 – Fire destroyed Dennison Hotel – City’s oldest
06-13-1927 – W. M. “Bug” Preston became police chief
10-06-1927 – Concrete section of Garrett Highway from
                       Staffordsville  to Paintsville officially opened
00-00-1928 – Oil Springs High School opened
04-24-1928 – Holmes Kirk bought Arcade Theatre from Fred Meade
08-20-1928 – Fiscal Court authorized funds for first county agent
02-04-1929 – First women jurors selected in circuit court
03-24-1929 – Damaging flood
05-02-1929 – Mayo Trail officially re-routed from Main to 3^rd Street
05-00-1929 – John C. C. Mayo College closed
09-27-1929 – Paintsville Golf Course opened
11-05-1929 – Maud Vaughan elected county tax commissioner; 1^st woman to hold
                       elective office in county or city
11-05-1929 – E. E. Archer defeated H. H. Wheeler for 2^nd term as Mayor
11-05-1929 – J. Melvin Hall elected 1^st Democrat county judge in modern era
12-01-1929 – New C & O Depot opened at a cost of $71,000
12-21-1929 – Main Street shoot out between John Dills and Joe Castle,
                      both  killed
00-00-1930 – Big Sandy River flooded, cresting at 42.00’
01-21-1930 – Williams Grocery organized
01-28-1930 – Home Cash Grocery opened
04-01-1930 – Paintsville population reported as 2411
04-22-1930 – Hotel Herald opened
11-08-1930 – Crash on Watermelon Hill killed five PHS boys
01-06-1931 – Julius Daniel became police chief
08-20-1931 – Meade Memorial High School opened
09-01-1931 – Little Jimmie and Asher Sizemore began radio series on
                      WHAS   Louisville
09-02-1931 – A.W. Cox Dept. Store opened in Paintsville
10-17-1931 – Paintsville DAR erected Revolutionary War Monument
01-00-1932 – Bruce Wiley named fire chief
01-20-1932 – Sipp Theatre opened
01-31-1932 – Flood
02-29-1932 – Dr. Paul B. Hall got first hole-in-one
03-00-1932 – PHS Comets advance to finals of State  High School 
                      Girls  Tournament
03-09-1932 – Paintsville National Bank robbed
03-17-1932 – Lawrence Piercey arrested in Ashland on bank robbery charges
04-08-1932 – C & O train robbed at Concord
06-20-1932 – Piercey trial began in Paintsville
06-21-1932 – Wilson Jennings arrested in Paintsville on bank robbery charges
06-23-1932 – Piercey is convicted and sentenced to 20 years
06-29-1932 – Jennings bank robbery trial began
10-06-1932 – Van Lear mines went to 6 day work week, 2 8 hour shifts
12-11-1932 – New post office opened
03-00-1933 – PHS boys made first trip to state basketball tournament
07-06-1933 – U. S. Comptroller of Currency approved charter of First
                       National  Bank
01-00-1934 – Powell Williams named police chief
04-02-1934 – Alfred Johnson named city school superintendent (pro tem)
04-21-1934 – Lowell Thomas spoke in Paintsville at the Sipp Theatre
08-07-1934 – Gov. Laffoon pardoned Jennings
08-28-1934 – Gov. Laffoon pardoned Piercey
09-05-1934 – Sandy Valley Grocery excursion to Chicago World’s Fair arrived in
                      Chicago
09-15-1934 – College Street bridge completed
11-07-1934 – Paintsville Little Theatre held first performance
11-15-1934 – Courthouse installed restroom for women
11-19-1934 – Ernest Meek appointed postmaster
03-15-1935 – Boone Trimble became police chief
07-00-1935 – James Hammond named State Legion Commander
07-17-1935 – 9 men killed in Van Lear mine explosion at No. 5 Consol mine
08-31-1935 – Paintsville Live Stock Market opened
09-02-1935 – Jenny’s Creek High School opened
09-14-1935 – PHS played first football game on new Stafford Addition field
09-24-1935 – Big Sandy Petroleum Co. organized
10-10-1935 – Local movie “Paintsville’s Hero” filmed and shown at Sipp Theatre
11-05-1935 – County voted wet
11-05-1935 – John E. Buckingham elected State Treasurer
11-21-1935 – W. W. Robinson became editor of Paintsville Herald
12-15-1935 – First National Bank cashier Hobart Meade murdered
02-13-1936 – James Hammond named Warden of State Penitentiary
05-15-1936 – Big Sandy Federal Savings and Loan organized
07-02-1936 – Paintsville Herald and Paintsville News merged;  Henry and Irvin
                      Arrowood owned the News; Paper becomes                                      
                       thePaintsville  Herald-News
12-00-1936 – E.J. Evans bought Mayo Mansion and other property
                      at  conclusion of  Alice Mayo’s lawsuit with Methodist Church
12-31-1936 – Club Royal opened
01-04-1937 – First traffic light installed at corner of Main and College
01-19-1937 – Forrest B. Preston replaced J.N. Meek as Co.  
                      Dem. Chairman  by action   of  State Democratic Committee
03-08-1937 – Earthquake
06-22-1937 – Wilson Jennings indicted for Meade murder
07-07-1937 – Taylor Meade killed Mrs. Spears and wounded Mrs. Edna
                      M. Meade
07-08-1937 – Henry Arrowood became editor of Paintsville Herald
07-22-1937 – Taylor Meade sentenced to life imprisonment
08-27-1937 – Black Diamond Jubilee
01-07-1938 – Paintsville Businessmen’s Assoc. organized
01-09-1938 – Third Street Freewill Baptist Church dedicated
                       after   retirement of  debt  (built in 1926)
03-25-1938 – G. C. Murphy opened
06-27-1938 – Wilson Jennings acquitted of Meade murder
07-00-1938 – Carmel “Coots” Castle signed with Cincinnati Reds
07-06-1938 - Dedication of Spanish-American War monument
07-06-1938 - Dedication of Civil War monument
07-06-1938 – Civil War & Spanish-American monuments placed
10-00-1938 – Mayo State Vocational School opened
00-00-1939 – C & O underpass on Rte. 40 at Greentown completed
00-00-1939 – Big Sandy River flooded, cresting at 42.2’
11-07-1939 – J.B. Wells Jr. elected to first term as Mayor, youngest in history
11-07-1939 – Ruth L. Wells elected city attorney – first woman elected to
                       city  office
11-24-1939 – Paintsville Country Club formally opened
12-04-1939 – Wells took oath as city’s youngest Mayor
12-18-1939 – H.B. Adams named police chief
12-30-1939 – Mayor Wells’ Inaugural Ball held at Country Club
01-00-1940 – City occupied new WPA City Hall
04-08-1940 – Greentown, Bridgeford and Stafford Addition were annexed
04-12-1940 – City purchased water system
08-26-1940 – City bought gas system
09-14-1940 – Bridgeford voted precinct dry 210-207
12-24-1940 – Royal Theatre opened… “Swiss Family Robinson”
06-05-1941 – Paintsville Junior Chamber of Commerce organized
06-29-1941 – St. Michaels Mission blessed by Bishop Howard
11-04-1941 – Wells elected to 2^nd term
11-04-1941 – Edna Hager elected 1^st city councilwoman
01-05-1942 – W. B. Bailey named police chief
01-12-1942 – City given lot near Horse Mill Br. by Jr. Chamber for
                       city  incinerator; bought from G.C. Wells
02-20-1942 – Paintsville Chamber of Commerce organized
09-00-1942 – Coach W. L. Perkins began first football season at Paintsville
09-11-1942 – Fire destroyed Sipp Theatre
02-12-1944 – B. P. O. E. (Elks) organized in Paintsville
05-08-1944 – Johnson County voted dry
03-14-1945 – County’s Dry vote became effective
03-16-1945 – Maggard and Joseph Firestone opened
08-01-1945 – Herman Wheeler named office manager of South East Coal
09-00-1945 – Covington Diocese bought Mayo Mansion from E.J. Evans
11-06-1945 – Escom Chandler elected Mayor while in Pacific in U. S. Navy
11-22-1945 – Charles J. Wells opened Sandy Valley Hardware
12-04-1945 – Escom Chandler sworn in as Mayor
00-00-1946 – Richard Scott Thomas appeared on Broadway
01-00-1946 – Anna Louisa Preston became first woman member of local American
                       Legion
01-19-1946 – Big Sandy River flooded, cresting at 41.1’
03-18-1946 – First parking meters authorized by City
03-18-1946 – Dewey Dam construction contract awarded 04-01-1946 – 
                       Work began on Dewey Dam              
05-00-1946 – First services held in new United Baptist Church corner of
                       2^nd  &  Church
06-27-1946 – Max Lancaster became Herald editor. Paper purchased by
                       Mr.  And  Mrs. J.W. Wheeler, D.H. Dorton and J.B. Wells, Jr.
09-06-1946 – First PHS night home football game under lights is held
09-14-1946 – U. S. 23 “Missing Link” finally paved near Lowmanmsville
10-04-1946 – Tigers and fans in football riot at Raceland
12-25-1946 – Big Sandy Drug destroyed by fire
02-03-1947 – Johnson County Public Library opened
00-00-1948 – Paintsville Women’s League organized
00-00-1948 – Big Sandy River flooded, cresting at 39.2’
04-04-1948 – PHS football star Enoch Robinson, 19, killed; Coach
                       Perkins  dies same  day
10-04-1948 – Harold Stassen campaigned in Paintsville
00-00-1949 – Big Sandy Federal built new building next to First National
01-06-1949 – Southside annexation approved by court
01-06-1949 – Paintsville Herald bought old M.E. Church South building
                       from; Sandy Valley Grocery
04-24-1949 – WSIP went on the air
10-24-1949 – First TV reception in Paintsville
10-26-1949 – Jr. Women’s League held fund drive
02-01-1950 – Big Sandy River flooded, crested at 39.0’
11-20-1950 – Paintsville named Test City by Ky. Chamber
12-12-1950 – Site for new Paintsville high school approved 

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