Historical Marker
Maslin House
Historical marker location:
131 S Main St, Moorefield, West Virginia
( Marker is on South Main Street (U.S. 220) south of Winchester Avenue (Old West Virginia Route 55), on the left when traveling south.)
Civil War 18611865.
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.