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Frazee, Minnesota: Original Big Turkey

Frazee's first big gobbler statue, now a distant second to Big Tom up on the hill.

Address:
103 S Lake St, Frazee, MN
Directions:
Downtown, on the south corner of Hwy 87/Lake St. S. and E. Main Ave.
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Original turkey.

Original Big Turkey

The turkey appears to reside at a gas station nowadays.

[Randy, 08/13/2019]

This is the town's "original" turkey, which was replaced by the "world's largest" in the town park. Now it's a sort of auxiliary mascot.

Tom Turkey.

Original Turkey Statue

Big Tom is in the center of town, proudly guarding the Sinclair gas station.

[KFBlogger, 08/18/2016]

Frazee turkey.

Original Tom Turkey

Of course, there is Big Tom, the huge turkey up on the hill that is the main attraction in Frazee, but one cannot overlook the "small" turkey located right in the middle of town, next to a large map of Frazee.

[Holly Diestler, 11/01/2005]

We've seen photos that seem to suggest this was an earlier town turkey, replaced by the one that burned up in the park and the current fiberglass model...


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