Historical Marker
Brackett House
Historical marker location:
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
( Marker is at the intersection of Fillmore Street and Lancaster Street, on the right when traveling east on Fillmore Street.)
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.