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Molasses Making Still Draws Crowds In West Virginia
Roy Boggs, mayor of Cowan, and his family on Birch River farm in Webster County continue a fading tradition of sorghum molasses. They press cane by hand, boil juice in a pan, and expect about 150 gallons of molasses this year, selling at rising prices as interest in homemade syrup wanes but stubborn locals persist.
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Mountain State
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Doyle Barnett
Gathel
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