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WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY     (Washington County, Utah)

TURKEY FARMING

Washington County, Utah

FARMS

Barlocker Farms
E. J. Graff Poultry Farm


HISTORY

TBD


PHOTOS

WCHS photos:
WCHS-00398     Photo of a turkey farm


REFERENCES

Grasshoppers, Thanksgiving Dinner, and Utah Turkeys
Paper by Dale W. History
For the paper with Washington County references highlighted, click here
For the original paper with footnotes, see the Utah Historical Quarterly, Volume 82, Number 2, Spring 2014

Rise and Fall of the Turkey Empire
Utah History to Go article by W. Paul Reeve, August 1996

A scenic desert to mountain adventure
Article by Brian Passey, The Spectrum, November 11, 2011
Describes a drive along the Old Turkey Farm Road on the hill north of St. George

Thanksgiving, John F. Kennedy and the death of a Washington County turkey empire
Article by Julie Applegate, St. George News, November 24, 2016

Thanksgiving, John F. Kennedy and the death of a Washington County turkey empire
Article by Julie Lindquist, St. George News, November 26, 2020
A slightly updated version of the November 24, 2016 article above