Patrick Dunn

Historical marker location:

472 Don Knotts Boulevard, Morgantown, West Virginia

( Memorial can be reached from Don Knotts Boulevard (U.S. 119) south of Waterfront Place, on the right when traveling south.)

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.