Historical Marker
Old Brick School House
Historical marker location:
Moundsville, West Virginia
( Marker is at the intersection of Tomlinson Avenue and 7th Street, on the left when traveling north on Tomlinson Avenue.)
Marker installed: 1975
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.