Historical Marker
Fountain Rock
Historical marker location:
4196 Kearneysville Pike, Shepherdstown, West Virginia
( Marker is at the intersection of Kearneysville Pike (State Highway 480) and Sweaningen Way on Kearneysville Pike.)
"CrowsÂ… will have to carry their provender with them". 1864 Valley Campaign.
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.