McLoud Blackberry Festival to go on this weekend, rain or shine
Organizers said the festival is a major money maker for McLoud.
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Visitors to McLoud Blackberry Festival undeterred by heat
Vendors and organizers are prepared for whatever Mother Nature throws at the festival
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McLoud Blackberry Festival honors the town's history with a good, old-fashioned community affair, including a parade, pageant and, of course, general admiration of the dark, tart and juicy edible aggregate fruit. | Food Features | Oklahoma City
crumble with blueberries strawberries and oat cereal Blackberries grow wild throughout the backyards and backroads of McLoud, but there was a time when cultivating the beauties was big business. As a clever marketing maneuver, a blackberry growers association shipped a box of its finest blackberries to our 33rd president and made an impression. Moved by the gift and impressed by the quality of the fruit, President Henry S. Truman declared McLoud, Oklahoma, the official Blackberry Capital of the World in 1949. The quaint community located about 30 m...
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