Historical Marker

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Historical marker location:
160 Jacksons Mill Road, Weston, West Virginia
( Marker is on Jacksons Mill Road (County Route 10) 2.6 miles north of U.S. 19, on the right when traveling west.)

Welcome to Historic Jackson’s Mill, the boyhood home of General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson.

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.
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