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05 Jun

A great frost killed crops in the fields. They were replanted with hardy buckwheat, which became a favorite in Preston County.

Begun as a homecoming in 1938, Preston County's annual Buckwheat Festival occurs the last weekend of September in Kingwood. It is one of West Virginia's oldest local festivals. Held every year except for four years during World War II, the festiva...

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