Core Arboretum

Historical marker location:

Morgantown, West Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of Monongahela Boulevard (U.S. 19) and Evansdale Drive, on the right when traveling south on Monongahela Boulevard.)

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.