There used to be an expression heard in San Giovanni in Fiore, and the other little Calabrase mountain towns near the arch of the boot in southern Italy that have West Virginia coal-mining connections. People would say it when they were on their way to an errand, or work, or just an outing ...
MORGANTOWN -- A century before the formation of the Morgantown Utility Board, Morgantown’s first water delivery service came via mule-pulled cart. Pretty interesting. Even more interesting was the man holding the reins. After escaping slavery in 1864, John Edwards found his way to ...
MORGANTOWN -- Two Virginia Tech professors are researching how the original Arthurdale homes have survived advancements in technology and consumer expectations. Lisa Tucker and Gregory Galford, both of whom have doctorates in architectural studies, are doing a study to see what has changed ...
Bullets snapped the air, breaking branches and kicking dirt. Biplanes droned overhead, and some of the pipe bombs dropped by their pilots actually worked. It didn’t take long for the miners who had been Over There to revert back. They were tough, rangy and more than committed. A ...
[spreaker type=player resource="episode_id=46183355" width="100%" height="200px" theme="light" playlist="false" playlist-continuous="false" autoplay="false" live-autoplay="false" chapters-image="true" episode-image-position="right" hide-logo="false" hide-likes="false" hide-comments="false" ...
MORGANTOWN -- Three hours from Morgantown in Pennsylvania, founded in 1879, is the former Carlisle Indian Industrial School. Yet, many, even people from the area, don’t even know it existed. But Sandra Cianciulli, an Oglala Lakota and president of the Carlisle Indian School ...