Fake Attack - September 14th

Historical marker location:

Bolivar, West Virginia

( Marker can be reached from Bakerton Road (County Route 27), on the right when traveling south.)

Harpers Ferry National Historical Park.

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.