On This Day in West Virginia History, April 21st

April 21, 2023

Mountaineer News

Vintage West Virginia

District 17 of the United Mine Workers of America was formed on April 21, 1890, in Charleston.

Learn more: Creation of UMW District 17 "Kanawha's Miners Organize and Demand an Advance to the Columbus Scale" Letter From M. F. Moran to Edward Robertson, Labor Commissioner Document-Based Questions