Yamboree
east texas yamboree fourday event held annually third weekend october gilmer texas celebrates sweet potato called yam united state former cash crop drawing thousand tourist city occasion year event held gilmer since festivity event include queen coronation pageant carnival held around town square two paradesthe first school parade float built different upshur county school different east texas marching school band marching contest high school band friday school float also judged float earn first second third place queen parade take place saturday activity include barn dance livestock show area ffa participant gilmer texas county seat upshur county one week population gilmer grows size people two time held east texas yamboree wartime world war ii recently covid pandemic started celebrate texas centennial county around state tasked festival decided upshur county would celebrate yam thriving due recent lifting quarantine former cash crop quarantine put place late result weevil infestation festival proved popular committee decided would take place yearly temporarily suspended due world war ii resumed besides caused covid pandemic resuming list festival united state list museum east texas official yamboree site