Daniel Davisson Chapter NSDAR

Historical marker location:

635 W Main St, Clarksburg, West Virginia

( Marker can be reached from West Main Street just east of Sumner Street, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1998

In Memory Of.

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.