Rooted in the Great Depression, the
first Central Strawberry Festival
was held June 3, 1936, in an effort
to promote growers from central
WV. Organizers hoped to facilitate
networking of farmers with outside
distributors, to encourage . . . — — Map (db m173489) HM
Create Buckhannon has chosen to honor two members for their contributions to Festival Fridays hosted right here in Jawbone Park each summer. Festival Fridays and Upshur County are not the same without Jerry Kimble and Jim Farrell.
Jerry . . . — — Map (db m267095) HM
Charles William Warfield, Sr. was born on December 8, 1870 in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. He was the second child of James Oscar & Elizabeth (née Robinson) Warfield. Not much is known about his childhood. He married Mary Margaret (née Crane, . . . — — Map (db m267749) HM
It is doubtful that residents of Upshur County that month of September, '63, were paying much attention to events within the legislative halls. The county instead was mourning the greatest calamity that would befall Upshur in the Civil War--a . . . — — Map (db m282818) HM
This mural was designed & painted by deborah dorland of Richwood WW in the summer of 2006 and is based on the city seal of Buckhannon (est. 1816, inc. 1852) created by local artist Ross Straight in 1998. The seal depicts an imagined meeting . . . — — Map (db m267819) HM
Wilbert H. Grubb is the only City of Buckhannon police officer ever killed in the line of duty. Officer Grubb was born in Upshur County on February 19, 1894, the son of Columbus Lee & Malinda Elizabeth Zickefoose Grubb. Officer Grubb was a proud . . . — — Map (db m267216) HM
Upshur County. Formed in 1851 from Lewis, Barbour, and Randolph. Named for Abel Parker Upshur, the great Virginia statesman. Samuel and John Pringle were the first settlers in 1764, and later they guided other pioneers here.
Randolph . . . — — Map (db m179503) HM
Trading much of the southern portion of Staten Island for 3,500 acres of land in western Virginia, Daniel Farnsworth moved west and in the summer of 1821 settled on the banks of the Buckhannon River with his wife and five sons. Leonard Farnsworth, . . . — — Map (db m179007) HM
Where West Virginia Wesleyan College has its baseball field and football practice field, was the site of the William Flaccus Oak Leather Company. On this site, the William Flaccus Oak Leather Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, operated a larger . . . — — Map (db m267463) HM
Confederate Gen. Albert G. Jenkins led 550 cavalrymen on a 500-mile raid from Salt Sulphur Springs, Aug. 22-Sept. 12, 1862, attacking Federal forces and destroying military stores. He captured and paroled 300 Union soldiers, killed or . . . — — Map (db m58723) HM
Explorations of West Blue Ridge
It is impossible to say when and where the first European settlers set foot on the soil of what is now West Virginia. In all probability no record was ever made of the first visit. It is well known that . . . — — Map (db m179016) HM
Robert J. "Bob" Wallace was appointed as Buckhannon's City Attorney in 1958. Bob counseled our city for decades, & during his long tenure it was no coincidence that Buckhannon emerged as one of the finest communities with one of the highest . . . — — Map (db m268053) HM
(Preface): In the spring of 1861, Union forces rushed into northwestern Virginia to secure the vital Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, protect important turnpikes, and support Unionists against Confederates. The two sides fought numerous . . . — — Map (db m58724) HM
On April 20, 1863, Confederate Gens. William E. “Grumble” Jones and John D. Imboden began a raid from Virginia through present-day West Virginia against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Taking separate routes, they later reported that they . . . — — Map (db m58722) HM
Family: Anacardiaceae (Cashew Family)
Distribution: Our eastern poison ivy grows throughout eastern North America, up through Quebec and Ontario and west into Texas and Oklahoma. It is found in most of West Virginia's counties and can be . . . — — Map (db m272410) HM
On Monday night, August 1st, 1921, Mister A.C. Westfall of Buckhannon, had his car stolen from his yard on East Main Street. Descriptions of the car were sent to various departments across the state, yet no leads were found until a store in . . . — — Map (db m267212) HM
On April 27, 1942, unto his mother, Nela (1916-91) & his father, Fleming (1911-64) brown, was born & reared in Upshur County, a true American hero, Larry Brown. Mr. Brown attended Buckhannon-Upshur High School, & enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps . . . — — Map (db m267929) HM
Charley Harper was born in neighboring Frenchton, Upshur County, West Virginia on August 4, 1922, the son of Orval Cecil Harper (1888-1958) & Ulna N. Harper (1889-1977). He was one of three children, who with sisters, Ruth & Reta, grew up on the . . . — — Map (db m178942) HM
River Formation
Prior to the glaciers (more than 780,000 years ago), the ancestral Monongahela River flowed from present day north central West Virginia across Pennsylvania and northwest Ohio. Extensive ice sheets dammed the old north . . . — — Map (db m230986) HM
The Stonewall Dam is located on the West Fork River, three miles south of the county seat at Weston, West Virginia and 73 miles upstream from the river's mouth. From its source in Lewis and Upshur Counties, the West Fork River flows northward for . . . — — Map (db m281310) HM
1907 Fairmont Coal Company
Monongah No. 6 and No. 8 Mines
Monongah, West Virginia
At 10:20 a.m., December 6, 1907, explosions occurred at the No. 6 and No. 8 mines at Monongah, West Virginia. The explosions ripped through the mines, . . . — — Map (db m285301) HM
Barbour County
Attractions
Alderson-Broaddus College. This private coeducational college is situated on a beautiful 170-acre campus overlooking Philippi, site of the first land battle of the Civil War. Its excellent performing arts . . . — — Map (db m239336) HM
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