War in Grant County

Historical marker location:

Petersburg, West Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of South Main Street (U.S. 220) and C Street on South Main Street.)

Engagement at Johnson Run.

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.