Wednesday, May 18, 1977 Matewan, West Virginia #matewan #WestVirginia #movie #markedwardjones #tourism | Mark Edward Jones

(The Battle of Matewan), also known as the (Matewan Massacre), was a pivotal and deadly shootout that occurred on May 19, 1920, in Matewan, West Virginia, during the West Virginia Coal Wars. It was a violent confrontation between striking coal miners and the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency, hired by coal operators to suppress union organizing efforts. (Background) In the spring of 1920, the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) was actively organizing miners in the southern West Virginia coalfiel

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