67th Buchanan Carnival now underway
Have you tried the fries?
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The 67th Buchanan Carnival began July 1 and runs through July 10.
The carnival is famous for its french fries and organizers said they’ve served more than 5,000 pounds of potatoes over the past two days.
With fewer COVID-19 restrictions, it’s one of the first large-scale public events people in Buchanan have been able to attend
“We have lots of people who volunteer here who are third- and fourth-generation volunteers. So it really is part of the community’s lifeblood. It’s part of who Buchanan is,” said Harry Gleason, the town’s community development planner.
Reporting from the unsolved mysteries desk, there are no new developments in the case of the missing Buchanan train depot.
Despair not. More details have emerged about its history between closing and its removal from its hometown to an undisclosed location.
The inquiry began when Jessie Burton, citizen of that splendid small town, came here seeking help to trace the whereabouts of the remains of the historic structure after they were hastened away by those who had handled the demolition in the mid-1980s.
The story as the questioner related it was that the depot had been meticulously disassembled and catalogued in order for it to be moved to what was then the developing Explore Park in Roanoke County.
Good mysteries are popular with both newspaper readers and content providers. Unsolved mysteries are less satisfying but inevitable. You’ve seen them in this space before and foolish pride does not