Wreck on the C&O

Historical marker location:

Hinton, West Virginia

( Marker is on Greenbrier Drive (West Virginia Route 3) 0.4 miles west of Locust Street, on the right when traveling west.)

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.