Fort Henry

Historical marker location:

1039 Main St, Wheeling, West Virginia

( Marker is on Wheeling Heritage Trail just south of 10th Street, on the right when traveling south.)

"The Bloody Year of the Three Sevens". Wheeling National Heritage Area.

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.