Matewan (/ ˈmeɪtwɒn /) is a town in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States at the confluence of the Tug Fork River and Mate Creek. The population was 412 at the 2020 census, down from 499 in …

One of the most infamous events of the West Virginia mine wars was a deadly shoot-out in the mining town of Matewan in Mingo County.

Matewan: Directed by John Sayles. With Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham. A labor union organizer comes to an embattled mining community in 1920 West Virginia, …

Matewan is a living monument to American labor history and a gateway to the wild beauty of West Virginia. From the legendary Hatfield-McCoy feuds to the pivotal Battle of Matewan, our streets echo …

Apr 25, 2017 · The combination of perilous working conditions and miner-guard tensions led to a massive strike in 1912 in southern West Virginia (Matewan sits on the state’s southern border with …

For decades the town of Matewan was repeatedly drowned by floods from the nearby river the Tug River; it had an unwelcome reputation as the most frequently flooded town in America.

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May 21, 2025 · Often referred to as the Matewan Massacre, the Battle of Matewan marked a turning point in the struggle for workers' rights during a tumultuous period in the coalfields.

Written and directed by John Sayles, this wrenching historical drama recounts the true story of a West Virginia coal town where the local miners’ struggle to form a union rose to the pitch of all-out war in …

The film dramatizes the events of the 1920 Battle of Matewan, a coal miners' strike in Matewan, a small town in the hills of West Virginia. Matewan was a critical success but a box office failure, grossing …