From The Mountain

Historical marker location:

1 Alumni Drive, Morgantown, West Virginia

( Marker is on Alumni Drive east of University Avenue, on the left when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2010

Dedicated May 14, 2010. Sculptor: Burl Jones, DDS '66.

The first federal minimum wage law in the United States was passed in West Virginia in 1912. The law set a minimum wage of $0.16 per hour for women and children working in certain industries.