Partisan Raid

Historical marker location:

Ripley, West Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of Court Street North and West Main Street (U.S. 33), on the left when traveling north on Court Street North.)

Ripley Post Office.

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.