Turkey, TX: CITY LIMITS. Settled in the early 1890S, the town was first called Turkey Roost for the wild turkey roosts found on nearby Turkey Creek. The name was changed in 1893.

Turkey: PRAIRIE DOG TOWN FORK RED RIVER, just north of Turkey, is the largest tributary of the Red River, which in turn comprises most of the east-west border between Oklahoma and Texas on its way to the Mississippi and Atchafalaya Rivers.

Turkey: Hotel

Turkey: VISIBLE STRATA along Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River were deposited during the Permian and Triassic periods when the area was a sea. Consisting mostly of unconsolidated, deep-red, slightly calcareous shaly clay, these Permian "Red Beds" contain a rather high content of sodium chloride and other salts.

Turkey: Turkey Hotel Bed & Breakfast

Turkey: COTTON FIELD at the north city limits. Musician, songwriter, and bandleader Bob Wills (March 6, 1905 - May 13, 1975), one of the founders of Western Swing, grew up in a Turkey cotton-farming family.

Turkey: Downtown Turkey

Turkey: Town Sign