Historical Marker
Second Ward Elementary School
Historical marker location:
502 White Avenue, Morgantown, West Virginia
( Marker is at the intersection of White Avenue and Posten Avenue, on the right when traveling east on White Avenue.)
1939.
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.