Matewan, West Virginia, is quite the interesting and historic town for such a small place tucked away in the hills of Appalachia. Matewan is located in the corner of Mingo County just across the line from Pike County, Kentucky. Matewan has never registered a population over 1,000 people yet it remains one of the more recognizable names in West Virginia for its storied past. The major events that have come to define the area are the Hatfield-McCoy Feud, the Battle of Blair Mountain, the West Virg

The Battle of Matewan May 19, 1920 A Historic Town in Mingo County, West Virginia #facebookreelsviral #StarSender #markedwardjones #MarkEdwardJones #coal #naturelovers #matewan #shootout #history #historical | Mark Edward Jones

( BLAIR MOUNTAIN ) Logan County, West Virginia The Battle of Blair Mountain (August-September 1921) was America's largest armed labor uprising, where ~10,000 union miners in West Virginia clashed with coal company forces (sheriff's deputies, mine guards, strikebreakers) and the U.S. Army over unionization, poor conditions, and company control, resulting in intense gunfights, aerial bombings, and federal intervention, marking a pivotal, violent moment in U.S. labor history. Miners marched to libe