Last year, on weekend All Things Considered host Guy Raz visited Blair mountain in West Virginia. In 1921, Blair Mountain was the site of the battle of the ten days between supporters of the coal companies and miners want to work in the coal fields of southern West Virginia. It is regarded as the greatest armed rebellion in the country since the civil war. Since then, the battle has been over the preservation of the mountain. Raz checks with West Virginia native Doug Estepp to find out what has happened on the site during the last year.
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