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2021 Exhibit

2021 The Road to Blair Mountain: Commemorating the West Virginia Mine Wars

Poster advertising the WV Mine Wars 2021 exhibit. The background is red with miners walking in the shadows. In the foreground, a miner stands, cream-colored. Cream colored text at the top reads "The Road to Blair Mountain"

The West Virginia & Regional History Center and WVU Libraries celebrated West Virginia Day 2021 with a program and exhibit focusing on the West Virginia mine wars, a series of strikes and battles between 1912 and 1921 that pitted pro-union miners against coal companies. Most notable was the Battle of Blair Mountain which observed its 100th anniversary in 2021.

The program featured presentations by William Hal Gorby, Assistant Teaching Professor of History at WVU, and Charles B. Keeney, Assistant Professor of History at Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College, founding member of the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum and author of The Road to Blair Mountain. 

Event Recording

Did you miss out on our 2021 West Virginia Day Program The Road to Blair Mountain: Commemorating the West Virginia Mine Wars? Check out a video of the event below. 


Check out the Battle of Blair Mountain exhibits created by ENGL 303 students in Spring 2021.
Circle with mountains and read Battle of Blair Mountain Centennial 1921-2021
Find more Blair Centennial programming happening around West Virginia and follow along with #Blair100
Previous WV Day celebrations at the WVRHC & WVU Libraries

Information, posters, and exhibits from selected West Virginia Day celebrations can be found on the Past West Virginia Day Exhibits page.