Simpson Methodist Church Cemetery

Historical marker location:

43 Pie Hollow Rd, Talcott, West Virginia

( Marker is on West Virginia Route 3/12 just west of Pie Hollow Road (County Road 31/2), on the left when traveling east.)

Established 1876.

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.