Morgantown is the county seat for Monongalia County
Osage is in Monongalia County
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Ernie Bartola built this structure that would become the Good Humor Inn. When Eunice and Reverend Philips rented it, she named it the Bunny Hop and it became a restaurant in front and dance hall in the back at night. Lucinda and Dennis Harris . . . — — Map (db m177649) HM
On May 12, 1942 at 2:25pm, the
Christopher No. 3 mine in Osage
exploded, killing 56 miners.
At the time of the explosion 130
miners were on duty. Rescue teams
from other mines came from as far
away as Kanawha County to help
rescue men . . . — — Map (db m176272) HM
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt visited Scott's Run in 1933 in the height of the Great Depression when FDR was creating the New Deal. She visited households without fanfare (including Lou Birurakis' mother) and even went into the mines. Upon seeing the . . . — — Map (db m176173) HM
From the beginning of the coal boom and earlier, Scott's Run has had a music heritage. Entertainment was banjo, guitar and gospel music to soothe the soul. The FSA photographers of the 30s documented a moment in this time. Our own Al Anderson . . . — — Map (db m175871) HM
This building still shows some traces of the original look when it was a vital part of a thriving downtown Osage. You can see the yellow brick, pieces of the cloth awning, and hardware that held the Art Deco sign in the 30s and 40s. Citizens of . . . — — Map (db m177746) HM
Can you imagine a town where a train ran night down the middle of the street?
"In Osage, transportation
consisted of busses that ran every fifteen minutes, horse
and buggies, a few cars that
drove on the sidewalks, and 1000 . . . — — Map (db m175842) HM
In Memory of the 56 Miners who died in the Christopher Coal Number 3 Mine explosion in Osage, West Virginia at 2:25 PM, May 12, 1942.
Darrell Adams • Roy Batton • Allen W. Baughman • Tony Belec • Thomas D. Brinegar, Sr • William J. . . . — — Map (db m179586) HM
