"Locust Hill"

Historical marker location:

8934 Middleway Pike, Charles Town, West Virginia

( Marker is on Middleway Pike (West Virginia Route 51) 0.3 miles west of Ambler Road, on the right when traveling west.)

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.