Lynch Chapel

Historical marker location:

1332 Little Indian Creek Rd, Morgantown, West Virginia

( Marker can be reached from the intersection of Lynch Road (County Route 32) and Little Indian Creek Road (County Road 41), on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2006

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.