The coal wars of West Virginia mark the largest labor uprising in American history. From 1912 to 1921, tens of thousands of coal miners organized and united against the oppressive coal mine ...

When labor organizer Mother Jones arrived in a West Virginia coal town in 1901, residents were skeptical and mine guards were hostile. The United Mine Workers of America had successfully ...

In the Mine Wars that erupted in southern West Virginia over the first two decades of the 20th century, coal miners and coal companies in West Virginia clashed in a series of brutal conflicts over ...

SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia ’s remarkable shape is rendered even more so by its eastern panhandle, which extends ...

The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia ...

“It takes such a dogged and persistent person to do this day after day after day,” said Catherine Moore, the president of the board of the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum. “She was kind of a badass.” ...

The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at Dec. 18, 1842: U.S. Senator Nathan B. Scott was born. By 1900, Scott ...

The Twist Creek Calamity, also known as the McLachlan-Pearson labor riot of 1917, is a fictional event. But it is based on the very real history of the West Virginia Mine Wars, labor conflicts which ...