MATEWAN, W.Va. — The West Virginia Mine Wars Museum, located in Matewan, West Virginia, is launching the Mingo County Black History Project, according to a news release. In the Mine Wars era, more ...

Matewan W.Va. — It was one of the most violent labor uprisings in United States history, and eventually became the largest armed insurrection since the Civil War. The mine wars in the southern ...

MATEWAN, W.Va.MATEWAN, W.Va. — The bullet holes in the brick wall of a former post office serve as a reminder of how Appalachian coal miners fought to improve the lives of workers a century ago. Ten ...

MATEWAN, W.Va. (WCHS) — At the start of its statehood coming out of the Civil War, West Virginia experienced a coal boom like no other. With that, came a high demand for men willing to go underground.

In January 1920, the United Mine Workers of America launched a major campaign to organize the non-union coalfields of southern West Virginia. Along the West Virginia-Kentucky line, some 3,000 miners ...