Nestled away in the various hand-crafted enclosures of the Avian Conservation Center of Appalachia’s (ACCA) Outdoor Classroom are approximately 20 birds, including bald eagles, turkey vultures, an […]
Author: Kaitlyn Eichelberger, The Dominion Post
WV Pawpaw Festival draws hundreds to celebrate the flavors of fall in Appalachia
Saturday afternoon at the WVU Core Arboretum, leaves of orange and brown crunched underfoot, and the scent of fried dough carried on a warm, slightly overcast breeze […]
Pawpaw Festival celebrates fall fruit’s longtime cultural and historic roots in Appalachia
The pawpaw fruit. Green, pear-shaped, backed by a natural history of tens of millions of years and the largest native fruit in West Virginia. Some folks find […]
Pumpkins, dahlias and honey bees galore at Mayfield Farm’s second Fall Fest
Down a winding country road in Brookhaven, nestled among trees dappled orange-red-brown, Mayfield Farm has been hard at work preparing for its second Fall Fest. This Sunday, […]
82nd Queen Ceres honors community efforts, acts as an inspirational beacon for the younger generation
Julia Phillips can remember the Buckwheat Festival days of her childhood spent looking up to Queen Ceres, but never imagined herself standing in the queen’s place, waving […]
Buckwheat Festival’s First Maid of Honor continues lifelong participation in festival’s pageants
Ella Seese grew up as one of five princesses in her family. That is, she and her four sisters have served on the Preston County Buckwheat Festival’s […]
First runner-up to King Buckwheat emphasizes festival’s spotlighting of community spirit
In previous years, William Estep has admired friends who served on the Preston County Buckwheat Festival’s Royalty Court and saw the ways their experiences on that court […]
Buckwheat Festival’s second maid of honor fulfills childhood dream and family legacy
A young girl at the Preston County Buckwheat Festival stands next to her mother, sharing a funnel cake. As they watch the Royalty Court’s parade float pass […]
Second runner-up to King Buckwheat continues family legacy spanning six decades
Photographs fill the homes of Kaden Hayes and his family depicting his uncle, aunt and cousins during their reigns on the Preston County Buckwheat Festival’s Royalty Court […]
King Buckwheat proud of agricultural roots in Preston County
For this year’s King Buckwheat, the 82nd Preston County Buckwheat Festival will no longer be just an opportunity to compete against friends in the fair’s livestock barns, […]
