Historical Marker
Reformed Graveyard
Historical marker location:
304 East German Street, Shepherdstown, West Virginia
( Memorial is on German Street (West Virginia Route 17/1) east of Mill Street, on the right when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 2012
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.