Turkey Run
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This marker sits near the entrance to Turkey Run State Park and explains the origin of the name.
Waymark Code: WM5879
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 11/26/2008
Views: 46
The Turkey Run IHM sits across from the entrance to Turkey Run State Park on SR 47 in Parke County, Indiana.
The full text reads:
Little Ned Garland, son of the first family to settle in Indiana north of the 10 O'clock Line, is said to have named the stream below the cliff because wild turkeys roosted in trees within the chasm.
The marker was erected by the Parke County Historical Society in 1968.
County: Parke
Year Placed: 1968
Name: Turkey Run
ID#: 61.1968.4
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