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<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/w3tua/">Chandler Photography</a> posted a video:</p>

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<p>Turner Falls in Davis, Oklahoma. I've never seen the top of the falls before now. The drone makes old things new again!</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/194845317@N07/">The Old Snapper</a> posted a photo:</p>

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<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/147103290@N06/">mchlcrns67</a> posted a photo:</p>

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<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/white_ribbons/">lauren rushing</a> posted a photo:</p>

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<p>Insta: @laurenrushingart July 2022 <br />
In the streams, we flow as one. The pebbles stay stuck between my toes, but I’m wishing for more. Because at this moment, it’s present- it’s temporary. The algae brushes along the legs into my deep rooted soul. Wanting nothing more, but a moment with nature and you.<br />
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Finally developed some film ️</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/travelingfoolsofamerica/">PhotoFox5000</a> posted a photo:</p>

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<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/stingrayintl/">stingrayintl</a> posted a photo:</p>

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<p>Turner Falls, Davis Oklahoma.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/gingersnapdesigns/">Ginger☮︎Snap</a> posted a photo:</p>

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<p>While driving home from Nebraska this past weekend, we were driving through Turner Falls area as the sun was setting...<br />
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HTT!</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/gingersnapdesigns/">Ginger☮︎Snap</a> posted a photo:</p>

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<p>A multitude of radio towers at the top of this hill in the Arbuckle Mountains</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/mytube_photography/">myTubephotography</a> posted a photo:</p>

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<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/saintetienne/">Stephen St-Denis</a> posted a photo:</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/saintetienne/51329618214/" title="The Connecticut River at the “Great Falls” – Montague (Turners Falls), Massachusetts"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51329618214_c56fb5b357_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="The Connecticut River at the “Great Falls” – Montague (Turners Falls), Massachusetts" /></a></p>

<p>The Turners Falls - Gill Bridge from above the falls.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/saintetienne/">Stephen St-Denis</a> posted a photo:</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/saintetienne/51329617614/" title="The Connecticut River at the “Great Falls” – Montague (Turners Falls), Massachusetts"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51329617614_4c6121b43b_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="The Connecticut River at the “Great Falls” – Montague (Turners Falls), Massachusetts" /></a></p>

<p>The Turner Falls - Gill Bridge at the falls.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/lrod/">75CentralPhotography</a> posted a photo:</p>

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<p>A hole in a rock formation at Turner Falls Park, Oklahoma.</p>

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<p>Fog rolls into a valley at Turner Falls Park, Oklahoma.</p>

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<p>A twisted, mangled tree spotted at Turner Falls Park, Oklahoma.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/lrod/">75CentralPhotography</a> posted a photo:</p>

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<p>Sunlight streams through a small opening in the roof of a cave at Oklahoma's Turner Falls Park.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/wyojones/">wyojones</a> posted a photo:</p>

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<p>Turner Falls in Murray County near Davis, Oklahoma.<br />
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Mazeppa Thomas Turner discovered this waterfall near where he and his wife settled along Honey Creek in the Arbuckle Mountains in Oklahoma in 1868. The waterfall bears his name though it was known and probably used for swimming by the native people of the area long before Turner found it. Born in Virginia to Scottish parents, Turner migrated to Oklahoma where he married Laura Johnson, a Chickasaw. Together they built a successful farm and raised a family on the banks of Honey Creek in Murray County. Must have been nice to have a beautiful swimming hole and 77 foot high falls nearby. In 1919, the city of Davis created a park around the falls which makes it the oldest public park in Oklahoma. In 1925, the city bought 325 acres from the Turners to add to the Park. With the additional acreage the park grew to 1500 acres. The city operated the park until 1950, leased it out from 1950 to 1978, but since then has operated it as a public recreation area.<br />
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The park gives good insights in to the geology of the Arbuckle Mountains. There are 3 natural caves in the park plus outcrops of limestone, sandstone, conglomerate, shale and granite. Calcium carbonate, called tufa, forms the distinctive cone the falls cascades over. Tufa is a variety of travertine formed by carbonate minerals that precipitate out of usually ambient temperature water. Though considered by some as a type of travertine, some geologists, however, separate tufa and travertine because the later forms in hot, geothermally heated water and is generally less porous.<br />
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References:<br />
Joe Sanchez, “Turner Falls,” The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, <a href="https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=TU019" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=TU019</a>.<br />
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<a href="https://www.turnerfallspark.com/history/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.turnerfallspark.com/history/</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.mindat.org/min-50847.html" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.mindat.org/min-50847.html</a><br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tufa" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tufa</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/wyojones/">wyojones</a> posted a photo:</p>

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<p>A Swimmer sits under Turner Falls in Murray County near Davis, Oklahoma.<br />
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Mazeppa Thomas Turner discovered this waterfall near where he and his wife settled along Honey Creek in the Arbuckle Mountains in Oklahoma in 1868. The waterfall bears his name though it was known and probably used for swimming by the native people of the area long before Turner found it. Born in Virginia to Scottish parents, Turner migrated to Oklahoma where he married Laura Johnson, a Chickasaw. Together they built a successful farm and raised a family on the banks of Honey Creek in Murray County. Must have been nice to have a beautiful swimming hole and 77 foot high falls nearby. In 1919, the city of Davis created a park around the falls which makes it the oldest public park in Oklahoma. In 1925, the city bought 325 acres from the Turners to add to the Park. With the additional acreage the park grew to 1500 acres. The city operated the park until 1950, leased it out from 1950 to 1978, but since then has operated it as a public recreation area.<br />
<br />
The park gives good insights in to the geology of the Arbuckle Mountains. There are 3 natural caves in the park plus outcrops of limestone, sandstone, conglomerate, shale and granite. Calcium carbonate, called tufa, forms the distinctive cone the falls cascades over. Tufa is a variety of travertine formed by carbonate minerals that precipitate out of usually ambient temperature water. Though considered by some as a type of travertine, some geologists, however, separate tufa and travertine because the later forms in hot, geothermally heated water and is generally less porous.<br />
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References:<br />
Joe Sanchez, “Turner Falls,” The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, <a href="https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=TU019" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=TU019</a>.<br />
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<a href="https://www.turnerfallspark.com/history/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.turnerfallspark.com/history/</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.mindat.org/min-50847.html" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.mindat.org/min-50847.html</a><br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tufa" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tufa</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/wyojones/">wyojones</a> posted a photo:</p>

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<p>Honey Creek runs over dipping limestone beds near Turner Falls outside Davis, Oklahoma.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/147103290@N06/">mchlcrns67</a> posted a photo:</p>

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<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/psa104/">Chief Bwana</a> posted a photo:</p>

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<p>This waterfall is the main attraction of a popular water park in southern Oklahoma (OK).</p>

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