Historical Marker
DuBois High School
Historical marker location:
110 High School Dr, Mount Hope, West Virginia
( Marker is on West Virginia Route 16 north of Virginia Street, on the right when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 2018
The West Virginia Mine Wars, a series of labor disputes and violent conflicts between coal miners and mining companies, took place in the early 1900s. The conflicts, which included the Battle of Blair Mountain in 1921, had a significant impact on the labor movement in the United States.