Cranesville Swamp Preserve
Cranesville Swamp Preserve is a preserve situated in Preston County, West Virginia and Garrett County, Maryland. It is one of the few remaining boreal bogs in the southern United States, unusual in harboring many plants and animals that are normally only seen in more northern climates. History The Nature Conservancy purchased the beginning in 1960. In October 1964, the site was designated as one of the first National Natural Landmarks in the country. Geology Cranesville Swamp is situated in a natural bowl, or " frost pocket," creating a climate that is more consistent with more northerly regions. Ecology Flora Cranesville Swamp's unusual setting allows 19 different plant communities to flourish, with the most dominant species being, among others, sphagnum moss, speckled alder (Alnus rugosa), various sedges (''Carex folliculata'', and ''C. stricta'') and grasses. Bog species include round-leaved sundew (''Drosera rotundifolia'') and narrowleaf gentian ('' Gentiana line ...
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Preston County
Preston County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 34,216. Its county seat is Kingwood. The county was formed from Monongalia County in 1818 and named for Virginia Governor James Patton Preston. Preston County is part of the Morgantown, WV Metropolitan Statistical Area, and is the southernmost county of the Pittsburgh media market. It is the home of The Buckwheat Festival, a county fair known for making buckwheat pancakes. History Native Americans lived in and traveled through what became Preston County as they crossed from the Ohio River watershed (which drains into the Mississippi River), into the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Although white traders and explorers also lived in the county after 1736, and one boundary stone (the Fairfax Stone marking the limits of the North Branch of the River) was laid in 1746, white settlers began arriving in 1766. Traveling by foot or horseback, settlers established log cabins af ...
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