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History: The Last Great Turkey Drive From a ca 1970s/1980s Daily Statesman 107 N Reed Street, Columbia, KY Lewis Jessee submitted this story and photo from an old Columbia, KY Daily Statesman about the last turkey drive through here. There's no date on the photo copy, and no author attribution, and that would be welcome. The story follows: Talk of Thanksgiving turkeys calls up a host of memories for Stewart Hutchison of Columbia. Mr. Hutchison is the last living member of the last great turkey drive in Adair County. When driving turkeys to market was considered the only practical and humane way to accomplish the chore, Mr. Hutchison was one of seven men who in 1916 drove 1,000 and 800 geese to Campbellsville and Lebanon. The others were his father, Perry Hutchison, Ben Hutchison, Campbell Hutchison, Bassett Hurt, preacher H.J. Conover, Sam Barbee, and Hershel Allen Johnson. The turkeys came from a wide section of the county and were sold to the Hutchison Poultry House, which stood at the site of Burton Auto Parts on Merchant Street. Driven in by John and Tom Patton of Breeding, Bassett Hurt of Russell Springs, and Alvin Burton who lived on Highway 206, the turkeys were taken to the site of the present stockyards on Campbellsville Road and "put on a rail fence," to await the next morning. The first day of the trip was consumed in just getting the turkeys to the monument at Tebb's Bend on Old Highway 55. Camp was made on the river bluff and there a troublesome accident arose. A dog stampeded the turkeys and sent them flying over the bluff. The geese were less scared and simply flew off the bluff into the water. "It took us a half day just to get them back together again," Mr. Hutchison said. The 1,000 turkeys and 800 geese were driven in four separate droves. The party made its way to Campbellsville and there sold the geese to John and Charlie Durham, uncles of Columbia attorney "Cotton" Durham. The party did not like the turkey prices in Campbellsville that day and decided to take the turkeys to Lebanon. Somewhat footsore and tired, they arrived there without great difficulty and disposed of the birds at the S.H. Grinstead Co., located near the depot. For their trouble, the prices were higher and they collected 8 to 10 cents per pound for the turkey hens and 8 to 9 cents for the toms . . . a price far removed from the prices most will pay for Thanksgiving turkey this year, but at least no one will have to undertake the driving of 1,000 birds to Lebanon. This story was posted on 2013-05-25 07:31:07
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