Historical Marker
Veteran Honor Roll
Historical marker location:
8875 Cost Avenue, Stonewood, West Virginia
( Memorial is on Cost Avenue (West Virginia Route 58) 0.1 miles east of Grasselli Street, 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.