The community of Turkey, settled in the 1890s, went through a period of rapid economic growth in the mid-1920s. The city benefited from its location on branches of two early automobile roads: the regional Ozark Trail and the Coast-to-Coast Bankhead . . . — — Map (db m200496) HM
This is an eight sided monument
(on first side) Bob Wills
(on second side) King of Western Swing
(on third side) James Robert (Bob) Wills, born March 6 1905, Grosebeck Texas, first born child of John T. and Emma Foley Wills, brothers . . . — — Map (db m100060) HM
The Rev. J. D. Terry and seven charter members organized the Elizabeth Methodist Episcopal Church, South, on September 8, 1891, at the home of W. M. & Elizabeth Cooper. Worship services were held in homes and in the nearby Wolf Flat Community . . . — — Map (db m100103) HM
Floyce Oliver (F.O.) Ham (1896-1967) left his family's farm in Beaver,
Oklahoma, at age 15 in search of business opportunities. He settled
in Turkey and opened the towns first barber shop, which had
various locations before he built a brick . . . — — Map (db m245712) HM
Built in 1927 to provide lodging for railroad travelers, salesmen, and ranchers who came to town on business, the Hotel Turkey also served as a symbol of the growth business leaders hoped would characterize the young railroad settlement. The hotel . . . — — Map (db m151699) HM
In 1900, Sanford Hill Lacy (1838-1928), his wife Nancy "Nanie" (Hornbeck), (1864-1892) and sons Albert (1874-1943), Porter (1876-1937), Fred (1878-1934) and Walter (1880-1940) moved to Turkey Creek, just south of the area that would become the town . . . — — Map (db m310972) HM
In 1913, William Hope "Coin" Harvey, who operated a resort in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas, founded the Ozark Trail Association as a private highway organization. Several Texas and New Mexico counties joined the effort, and the line went . . . — — Map (db m100104) HM
Quanah camped at Deep Lake NE of Turkey & Kwahada grazed horses on Wolf Flat watered by Turkey Creek
Arrow Sculptor: Charles A. Smith — — Map (db m200482) HM
Turkey's school system acquired this land in 1928 for a $100,000 high school. Amarillo architect E.F. Rittenberry designed a brick structure with English Gothic details. Consolidation with several area schools caused an enrollment of 445 students in . . . — — Map (db m47793) HM
In Memory of Those Who Served Their Country in Time of War
World War II
Glen E. Barker • W. (Buster) Buchanan • Glen Chesshir • R. Dennis Coker • Everett Crow • Virgil Faust • A.V. Hendricks, Jr. • Dueford W. Holland • Raymond McGee • . . . — — Map (db m200501) WM
