Turner Falls is a

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on Honey Creek in the

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of south-central

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, south of

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.Turner Falls Park
retrieved January 30, 2009
Retrieved March 24, 2014. With a height of , Turner Falls is locally considered Oklahoma's tallest waterfall,Turner Falls Park
Davis, Oklahoma, Chamber of Commerce although its height matches one in

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. Turner Falls and the blue hole are dangerous and have claimed people's lives every year. Only experienced swimmers should swim ther

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. Recreational use began in or before 1868. At the time, Turner Falls was located in

Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation Pickens County was a political subdivision of the Chickasaw Nation in the Indian Territory from 1855, prior to Oklahoma being admitted as a state in 1907. The county was one of four that comprised the Chickasaw Nation. Following statehood, its terr ...

.Charles Goins, ''Historical Atlas of Oklahoma'' (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2006), plate 105. Today, the falls are part of Turner Falls Park, a city park operated by the city of Davis, Oklahoma.History
on official website, retrieved January 30, 2009 The Falls cascade into a natural swimming pool, one of two such pools within the park, and these are popular tourist destinations in the summer.Turner Falls Location and Park Info
Oklahoma Tourism & Recreation Department 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. The park covers , and also contains nature trails, caves and other interesting geological features. It also has a walk-in castle, 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

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References

External links

Official website More images of Turner Falls Park
Oklahoma Tourism & Recreation Department
Turner Falls Park
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