Salt Sand

Historical marker location:

61 County Line Drive, Coopers Rock State Forest, West Virginia

( Marker is on County Line Drive (Local Route 73/12) south of Exit 15 (Interstate 68), on the left.)

Marker installed: 1963

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.