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Through Booms And Busts, Music Builds Hope And Community In Osage, West Virginia

Across the river from Morgantown, West Virginia is a small community called Osage. At one point, it was a bustling town full of people, industry, and nightlife. There have been a lot of changes here over the decades, but one thing’s remained: music. Ari...

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Music In Osage And The Wakefields, Inside Appalachia

During the Great Depression, the river town of Osage, West Virginia was a raucous, little place. It’s sleepier now, but music is keeping the magic alive. Also, after six generations, the struggle to k...

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Remembering Osage's Lively Past And Our Song Of The Week, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, the enduring love of music in former mine towns and our Mountain Stage Song of the Week.

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May 12, 1942: Mine Explosion Kills 56 in Osage

On May 12, 1942, a worker in the Christopher No. 3 mine at Osage—just outside Morgantown—left a ventilation door open, and methane accumulated in a dusty…

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