Turner Falls
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Turner Falls is a waterfall on Honey Creek in the Arbuckle Mountains of south-central Oklahoma, United States, Script error: No such module "convert". south of Davis.[1][2] With a height of Script error: No such module "convert"., Turner Falls is locally considered Oklahoma's tallest waterfall,[3] although its height matches one in Natural Falls State Park.[4]
Turner Falls has claimed people's lives; only experienced swimmers should swim there.[1]
History
Mazeppa Thomas Turner, a Scottish immigrant farmer who married Laura Johnson, a Chickasaw woman, settled in the area in 1878 and discovered the falls. The falls were named for him.[2][5]
Recreational use began in or before 1868. At the time, Turner Falls was located in Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation.[6] Today, the falls are part of Turner Falls Park, a city park operated by the city of Davis, Oklahoma.[5] The falls cascade into a natural swimming pool, one of two such pools within the park,[3] and these are popular tourist destinations in the summer.[7]
The city of Davis acquired the park in 1919 and operated it until 1950. It then leased the facility to other interests until 1978, when it resumed control.[2] The park covers Script error: No such module "convert"., and also contains nature trails, caves, and other interesting geological features. It also has a walk-in castle,[3] originally built in the 1930s as a summer home for Dr. Ellsworth Collings, a professor and later dean of the School of Education at the University of Oklahoma.
See also
References
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- ↑ Turner Falls Park, retrieved January 30, 2009
- ↑ a b c Sanchez, Joe. Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. "Turner Falls." Retrieved March 24, 2014.
- ↑ a b c Turner Falls Park, Davis, Oklahoma, Chamber of Commerce
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- ↑ a b History on official website, retrieved January 30, 2009
- ↑ Charles Goins, Historical Atlas of Oklahoma (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2006), plate 105.
- ↑ Turner Falls Location and Park Info, Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department
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