Historical Marker
Jacksons Mill
Historical marker location:
730 Main Ave, Weston, West Virginia
( Marker is on Main Avenue (U.S. 19) 0.3 miles north of East 6th Street, 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.