Lewis and Clark

Historical marker location:

Wheeling, West Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of 14th Street and Main Street, on the right when traveling south on 14th Street.)

Marker installed: 2000

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.