Cairo & Kanawha

Historical marker location:

8190 Staunton Tpk, Macfarlan, West Virginia

( Marker is on Staunton Turnpike (West Virginia Route 47) west of Smithville, on the right when traveling east.)

Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike.

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.