The Pocahontas County Chamber of Commerce will host
the 22nd Annual Autumn Harvest Festival and 17th Annual Road Kill
Cook-off Saturday September 27, 2008 in downtown Marlinton. Autumn
provides the perfect setting for an old-fashioned harvest celebration.
The colorful sights, sounds of toe-tappin' music and smell of
apples will take you back in time.

Highlights of this year's festival will
include dozens of West Virginia craft and gift vendors, music,
an auction, the Road Kill Cook-off, and agricultural exhibits
at the Opera House. There will be plenty of fun for the kids with
harvest games and soccer at Stillwell Park.
The Miss Autumn Harvest Festival Pagent starts the festivities
Friday night, 6:30 p.m. at the Pocahontas County High School.The
"Hillbillie Hollow Mud Bog" begins at 1:00 p.m. at Stillwell Park,
and at 7 p.m. the Red Cross will have music by "Hot Master Gravy
and One Pick Short" at the Opera House.
The West Virginia RoadKill Cook-off, as it is now called, coupled
with the coinciding event, Autumn Harvest Festival is one of the
region's highlights during the month of September.
Last year's winners were a group from Central Virginia, the Coal
Hollow Brothers. It was their first win after placing in the top
three for several preceding years. "We've made many friends in
the county and in Marlinton since we've been coming to the Cook-off
the last eight years," said Ed Blackford a cook from the winning
team."People around Marlinton are fun folks and we get a real
kick coming and visiting with them year after year."