Historical Marker
Stratton High School
Historical marker location:
Beckley, West Virginia
( Marker is at the intersection of South Fayette Street (West Virginia Route 3) and G Street, on the right when traveling west on South Fayette Street.)
African American Heritage Tour.
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.