Nancy Hanks

Historical marker location:

New Creek, West Virginia

( Marker is on Nancy Hanks (County Route 6/2) 0.5 miles south of Penneroil Road (County Route 6/1), on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1933

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.