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May 19, 2018 · Today is the 98 year anniversary of the Matewan Massacre, one of the deadliest events in the West Virginia Mine Wars.#MatewanMassacre #HistoryDocumentary
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- Jake Fife
May 19, 2017 · On May 19, 1920, 13 Baldwin-Felts detectives arrived in the Mingo County town of Matewan on the Tug Fork to evict striking miners and their families from com...
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- West Virginia Humanities Council
Jan 4, 2020 · To commemorate the 100 year anniversary of the Matewan Massacre I put together this short documentary of one of the most violent moments of the West Virginia...
In the season and series premiere of Record West Virginia we travel to Mingo County to take a look at the Battle of Matewan. A deadly clash between disgruntl...
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- Record West Virginia
Nov 24, 2010 · It was the Stone Mountain Coal Corp. that evicted the coal miners from the coal camp houses at Matewan. Here are a few of those very homes that have survived...
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- rhmooney3
Aug 8, 2013 · WestVirginia@150 - a celebration of West Virginia's 150 years. 1920: The Matewan Massacre
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- West Virginia Public Broadcasting
PLEASE SHARE: Wednesday, May 19th 1920. The small community of Matewan, West Virginia is unwittingly thrust into the national spotlight. A confrontation betw...
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- MysteriousWV