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When West Virginia Begged the USSR for Foreign Aid
When West Virginia Begged the USSR for Foreign Aid
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Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Mar 21, 2019
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Podcast episode
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Were it not for the coal mine, the town of Vulcan, West Virginia may well have never existed. As a rural and geographically isolated community, Vulcan relied on a single, small bridge for its connection to the larger world. When the bridge failed, the town repeatedly tried to get financial assistance from the local and state government -- with no success. In a state of increasing desperation, the Mayor of Vulcan wrote the Soviet Union for help... during the Cold War. Listen in to learn what happened next. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Released:
Mar 21, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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