Large Arsenal Foundation

Historical marker location:

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of Shenandoah Street (Business U.S. 340) and Potomac Street, on the right when traveling north on Shenandoah Street.)

Meriwether Lewis at Harpers Ferry.

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.