Historical Marker
Williams House
Historical marker location:
115 West Congress Street, Charles Town, West Virginia
( Marker is at the intersection of Congress Street and Charles Street, on the left when traveling west on Congress 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.