Buckhannon: Then & Now – Strawberry Festival Edition

BUCKHANNON – The Strawberry Festival is alive and well in downtown Buckhannon. With an abundance of parades, vendors, music and strawberries, it’s the most wonderful time of year in Upshur County.

See the Strawberry Festival “Then” gallery below for photos of the festival throughout the years. Enjoy! Original photographs courtesy of the Upshur County Historical Society.

This “horse-drawn” carriage was seen traveling down Strawberry Lane in 1953 / Photo courtesy of the Upshur County Historical Society
Berry judging exhibit in front of the Upshur County Courthouse in 1955 / Photo courtesy of the Upshur County Historical Society
Parade float on Strawberry Lane in the 1950s / Photo courtesy of the Upshur County Historical Society
Strawberry shortcake costumes at the second West Virginia Strawberry Festival / Photo courtesy of the Upshur County Historical Society
Strawberry Festival Coronation in 1973 / Photo courtesy of the Upshur County Historical Society
Strawberry costumes made of crepe paper at the second West Virginia Strawberry Festival / Photo courtesy of the Upshur County Historical Society
West Virginia Strawberry Festival Coronation in 1964 / Photo courtesy of the Upshur County Historical Society
The Story of the Strawberry – the second year of the West Virginia Strawberry Festival / Photo courtesy of the Upshur County Historical Society

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