Jill (or anyone who might know), Do you know if there is any area or part of the old Turkey Town site that even has a marker of some kind? My husband and I had passed the sign on Hwy 411 just out of Gadsden going into Centre several times on our way to Georgia. One day we drove up there just for the purpose of seeing if there was still anything at Turkey Town. We drove and we drove, and then we drove some more and drove some more, and all we had seen was woods more or less with a scattered house or mobile home from time to time, and the road was becoming somewhere between paved and dirt with lots and lots of potholes. Realizing we were in big trouble, we stopped at a mobile home where a young man was playing ball with his kids and he pointed us back on the shortest route into Gadsden (which came out by Goodyear Tire.) So, we still don't know if there are any remnants of the Cherokee in Turkey Town in either Etowah or Cherokee Cos. other than the names. That was extremely interesting about the ballfields staying bare for years, by the way. Thanks! Evelyn Leslie Remlap, AL

I believe Turkey Town is still there - here is the link to the Etowah County Gen Web site, you can go to the Gadsden Times, get a password and put the name in their search thing and it will bring up articles on Turker Town. delilah http://www.rootsweb.com/~aletowah/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Evelyn" <esleslie@bellsouth.net> To: <ALETOWAH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 11:54 AM Subject: [ALETOWAH] Town of Ball Play > Jill (or anyone who might know), > Do you know if there is any area or part of the old Turkey Town site that even has a marker of some kind? My husband and I had passed the sign on Hwy 411 just out of Gadsden going into Centre several times on our way to Georgia. One day we drove up there just for the purpose of seeing if there was still anything at Turkey Town. We drove and we drove, and then we drove some more and drove some more, and all we had seen was woods more or less with a scattered house or mobile home from time to time, and the road was becoming somewhere between paved and dirt with lots and lots of potholes. Realizing we were in big trouble, we stopped at a mobile home where a young man was playing ball with his kids and he pointed us back on the shortest route into Gadsden (which came out by Goodyear Tire.) So, we still don't know if there are any remnants of the Cherokee in Turkey Town in either Etowah or Cherokee Cos. other than the names. > > That was extremely interesting about the ballfields staying bare for years, by the way. > Thanks! > Evelyn Leslie > Remlap, AL > > > ==== ALETOWAH Mailing List ==== > You may search for Etowah County land patents at > http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/ > >