Historical Marker
Towers School
Historical marker location:
Clarksburg, West Virginia
( Marker is at the intersection of South 2nd Street and West Pike Street (West Virginia Route 20), on the right when traveling north on South 2nd Street.)
Marker installed: 1980
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.