by CPASPARKS » Wed Sep 12, 2007 12:59 pm
I like this drive in...It is literally in the middle of nowhere....
It is called Midway drive in...."midway between NYC and LA....midway between Turkey, Texas and Quitaque, Texas"
The bonus...Caprock Canyons State park is only about 15 minutes away.
Turkey (Hall County) Texas
Midway Drive-in: 806-423-1166
located off Highway 86 - west of 70
(midway between Quitaque and Turkey)
During the boom years just about every Texas town
had an outdoor picture show (or not far to go for one)
and most of the bigger cities could claim several. For
Turkey, Texas, it was the Midway, a modest Drive-in
built in 1955 with a capacity for 200 cars - but ample
enough for this rural community of half a thousand
people. The screen at the Midway had been lit for
32 seasons before it went dark, and remained dark
another 13 years before being acquired and restored
by a local schoolteacher (let that be a lesson to you!).
The reopening of the Midway in May of 2000 was the
first of two resurrections that occured in Texas during
Season 2K (the second one was Abilene's T&C Drive-in).
The screen is easy to spot from the road - painted with
a huge American flag motif on the back. On front It's lit
with a single feature on weekend nites, April - October.
Audio is FM. Admission: $4 for ages 12&up; $2 for kids.
* If you're thinking about maybe working the Midway
into a future roadtrip, late April would definitely be the
most interesting time to visit Turkey, Texas .. this was
the Home of Bob Wills, the legendary King of Texas
Swing .. and on the last Saturday in April, there is
a Bob Wills Day Celebration. It begins with an old
fashioned parade, followed by a big bar-b-que, and
then at nite, there's a western dance held down at
the old school gymnasium, plus a fiddlers contest,
a swingin outdoor concert, and an arts&crafts fair.
Kevin
