Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
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HARRINGTON - It is that golden field time of year again when thoughts in Lincoln County turn to harvest. The reader might find it interesting to hear the story of Luther Turner who was proclaimed "Wheat King of the Big Bend Country" in a March 1906 issue of the Spokesman-Review. Luther, born Oct. 6, 1862, came from humble beginnings as the only child of Civil War Union Officer Sergeant Robert C. Turner and Abigail Williams in Meigs County, Tennessee. Robert Turner died a...
DAVENPORT - Since 2014, students and visitors who enter Davenport High School's east entrance have enjoyed the Harold the Gorilla statue, named for beloved teacher, principal, coach and athletic director Harold Patterson. Gorilla pride runs deep at the high school. But recently a curious new Davenport resident posed a question to a Lincoln County Museum volunteer, "Why a Gorilla?" This sent volunteers searching through old yearbooks and newspaper articles as to when and why...
