2001 WVAPSS Annual Meeting Images

Site of the famous Matewan shootout between miners trying to organize a union and coal company detectives sent to evict the striking miner's families from company houses.

Doug Boyer (l) and Ron Estepp (r) discussing the Matewan shootout

Ron Estepp (l) and Skip Bell (r) discussing the Matewan shootout

A memorial to a lawman for the town of Matewan and was one of the pro-union gunfighters during the gunfight with detectives. He was later assassinated on the steps of the Welch Courthouse by mine company detectives.