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.

Along the West Virginia-Kentucky line, some 3,000 miners Skip to main content. You have permission to edit this ... West Virginia Week in History - Matewan massacre. May 16, 2022 ...

Matewan, West Virginia, residents speak on dearth of services. A WSWS reporting team. 30 July 2010 ... The history of the Matewan Massacre is still very much alive in the town today.

Matewan, West Virginia. May 19, 1920. Police Chief Sid Hatfield sits in the town square. He's declined bribes and payoffs to help protect the coal miners of Matewan but the Baldwin Felts detective ...

The history we are promoting holds lessons for today. And that’s not the only challenge. Simply put, it costs a lot of money to preserve historic buildings. Plus, here in southern West Virginia, we ...

West Virginia coal miners go on strike as they try to form a union in 1920. Credits: With Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell. Directed and written by John Sayles.

Police chief Sid Hatfield was a friend to the miners of Matewan, West Virginia. Rather than arresting them when they got drunk and rowdy, he’d walk them home. For his allegiance to the unionized ...

CHARLESTON – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. May 16, 1778: About 300 ...

Matewan, West Virginia. May 19, 1920. Police Chief Sid Hatfield sits in the town square. He's declined bribes and payoffs to help protect the coal miners of Matewan but the Baldwin Felts detective ...

The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: THE WEST VIRGINIA ENCYCLOPEDIA AT WWW.WVENCYCLOPEDIA.ORG. May 12–14, 1921: Bullets peppered down ...