Disaster Underground

Historical marker location:

7485 Okey L Patteson Rd, Whipple Junction, West Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of Okey L Patterson Road (West Virginia Route 612) and Scarbro Road (Route 1/5), on the right on Okey L Patterson Road.)

Coal Heritage Trail National Coal Heritage Area Interpretive Site.

The first federal minimum wage law in the United States was passed in West Virginia in 1912. The law set a minimum wage of $0.16 per hour for women and children working in certain industries.