York Hill

Historical marker location:

1583 Ridge Rd, Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia

( Marker is on Ridge Road (County Road 16) 0.6 miles north of Luther Jones Road (County Road 16/4), on the left when traveling north.)

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.