Jefferson County Courthouse National Historic Landmark Nomination
Donaldson RC and Salvatore SC. 2023. Jefferson County Courthouse National Historic Landmark Nomination. National Historic Landmark Nominations. 73001910_NHL. National Park Service. Washington, DC
This document is a National Historic Landmark nomination for the Jefferson County Courthouse in Charles Town, Jefferson County, West Virginia. The National Historic Landmark (NHL) nomination for the Jefferson County Courthouse in Charles Town, West Virginia documents its national significance under NHL Criterion 1 for its outstanding ability to illustrate the critical role the legal system played in the final chapter of the West Virginia mine wars (1912–1922). At this courthouse in 1922, two treason trials of pro-union coal miners prosecuted by a coal-mining company spawned a national debate over the use of the charge of treason as a tool against labor organizing, generated national awareness of the hardships miners endured in their struggles to unionize, and ended a decade-long era of violent labor strife. The period of national significance is April 25-September 16, 1922.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Donaldson, Rachel; Salvatore, Susan
- Date of Issue
- 2023-12-11
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Keywords
- Charles Town, labor history, legal history, mine workers, mining, National Historic Landmark, union, West Virginia