Historical Marker
Shepherd College / Shepherdstown
Historical marker location:
5011 South Duke Street, Shepherdstown, West Virginia
( Marker is at the intersection of South Duke Street (West Virginia Route 480) and Shepherd Grade Road, on the right when traveling west on South Duke Street.)
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.