Historical Marker
Natural Renewal
Historical marker location:
3553 Fayette Station Rd, Fayetteville, West Virginia
( Marker is on Fayette Station Road (County Road 82), on the right when traveling east.)
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.