Benjamin Wilson

Historical marker location:

337 Country Club Rd, Elkins, West Virginia

( Marker is on Country Club Road (County Road 219/11) 0.1 miles south of Aeronica Court, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1980

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.