Turkey, TX: WORKING HOUSEHOLD surrounded by working trucks. Turkey is situated at the intersection of State Highways 86 and 70, on the Burlington Northern line in the southwestern corner of Hall County.

Turkey: ATTRACTIVE BRICK HOME dating from the mid-20th century near State Highway 70.

Turkey: PRAIRIE DOG TOWN FORK RED RIVER begins when two creeks merge in the Palo Duro Canyon, the nation's second largest. Fed by springs there that form its base flow, runoff from rainstorms occurring along the Llano Estacado mesa's escarpment can dramatically increase its volume.

Turkey: STATE HIGHWAY 70 BRIDGES the Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River north of Turkey.

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.