Camp Dawson

Historical marker location:

1001 Army Road, Kingwood, West Virginia

( Marker can be reached from Army Road south of Camp Dawson Road (County Route 7/26), on the left when traveling south.)

Established 1909.

The first federal minimum wage law in the United States was passed in West Virginia in 1912. The law set a minimum wage of $0.16 per hour for women and children working in certain industries.