Historical Marker
John Smith and John Philpot
Historical marker location:
116 Market Street, Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
( Marker is at the intersection of South Mercer Street and Market Street, on the right when traveling south on South Mercer Street.)
Lot #22.
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.