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'''Turkey Mountain''' is a hill occupying a wide area on the west side of the [[Arkansas River]] in [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]]. The summit is 300 feet above the river, offering a good view of Tulsa. It is part of the Turkey Mountain Urban Wilderness, a 300-acre area that stretches from I-44 to 71st Street. The main entrance to the wilderness area is at 67th Street and Elwood Avenue in West Tulsa. |
'''Turkey Mountain''' is a hill occupying a wide area on the west side of the [[Arkansas River]] in [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]]. The summit is 300 feet above the river, offering a good view of Tulsa. It is part of the Turkey Mountain Urban Wilderness, a 300-acre area that stretches from I-44 to 71st Street. The main entrance to the wilderness area is at 67th Street and Elwood Avenue in West Tulsa. |
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==Petroglyphs== |
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Markings on a rock face (see tourist map<ref>{{cite web |title=Turkey Mtn Urban Wilderness Area |publisher=River Parks Authority| |url=http://www.turkeymtn.com/wp-content/uploads/Turkey-Mountain-Map.jpg |accessed=9 August 2012}}</ref>), one of which seems simply to be the letters PIA, were believed by writer [[Barry Fell]] to be petroglyphs left by [[pre-Columbian]] [[Europe]]an travelers,<ref>Fell, Barry (1984) ''America B.C. : Ancient Settlers in the New World'', New York, Simon & Schuster</ref> a view later developed by others.<ref>Farley, Gloria ''In Plain Sight: Old World Records in Ancient America'', self-published, http://www.gloriafarley.com/</ref> The idea of [[Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact hypotheses | Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact]] by Europeans, apart from the [[Vikings]] in [[Newfoundland and Labrador | Newfoundland]], is considered a [[Fringe theory#Fringe archaeology | Fringe theory]] or [[Pseudoarchaeology]].<ref>Williams, Stephen (1991) ''Fantastic Archaeology'', Phila., University of Pennsylvania Press, ISBN 0-8122-8238-8, pp. 264-273</ref><ref>Feder, Kenneth L. (1996) ''Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology'', Mountain View, Mayfield Publishing Co., ISBN 1-55934-523-3, pp. 101-107</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 21:18, 13 August 2012
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Turkey Mountain is a hill occupying a wide area on the west side of the Arkansas River in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The summit is 300 feet above the river, offering a good view of Tulsa. It is part of the Turkey Mountain Urban Wilderness, a 300-acre area that stretches from I-44 to 71st Street. The main entrance to the wilderness area is at 67th Street and Elwood Avenue in West Tulsa.
References
- ^ a b USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). Turkey Mountain. Accessed 22 May 2008
External links
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