Mother Jones Monument

Union Miners Cemetery, Mount Olive, IL
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The Mother Jones Monument is located in the Union Miners Cemetery at , Mount Olive, IL To get there take Old 66 to Mt. Olive Rd, turn north to the cemetery, the monument is at the NW corner of the cemetery, a couple hundred feet from Mt. Olive Rd.

GPS: 39.080674, -89.733180

Look for the directional sign as you approach Mt. Olive Rd from either direction on Old 66.

A fundraiser effort by the miners built the monument to Mother Jones.

The Union Miners Cemetery began in 1899 when the local union purchased a one-acre site to bury the miners who died during the 1898 Battle of Verde (mining riots). Weeks later the mine owners accepted the unionization of the miners. It is the only union-owned cemetery in the country. Apparently the miners burials were not welcomed in the established cemetery in Verde. The cemetery was listed on the NRHP in 1972.

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Mother Jones Monument, Mt. Olive, Ill.

NOTE: This is the only descriptive text on this postcard, the back is blank except for the stamp box etc.
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Photo(s): 2016