Editing Yellville, Arkansas (section)

===Annual cultural events===
One of the longest traditions in Yellville is the annual Turkey Trot festival sponsored by the Mid-Marion County [[Rotary Club]]. Beginning in 1945 with the first turkey dropped from the roof of the Marion County Courthouse, the festival continues today. It is held every second weekend of October with the best-known attraction being live turkeys that are dropped from airplanes over the town square.<ref name="LoweryEmpathy">{{cite magazine |last1=Lowrry |first1=Annie |title=Tossing a Bird That Does Not Fly Out of a Plane: A Thanksgiving story about the limits of human empathy |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/11/yellville-turkey-trot/576184/?silverid-ref=MzIxODYxNjE0ODQ4S0 |access-date=November 21, 2018 |magazine=[[The Atlantic]] |date=November 20, 2018}}</ref> The event has been criticized in the past by [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals]] and others. The Turkey Trot festival also includes a pageant, dinners, musical entertainment, a 5 kilometer run, a parade, and a nationally recognized turkey calling contest sponsored by the [[National Wild Turkey Federation]]. Crafts and tools related to the hunting of wild turkeys are also sold in streetside booths along the town square.<ref>{{ cite web |title=73rd Annual Turkey Trot Festival |work=  [[The Mountaineer Echo]] |location= Flippin |date=October 11, 2018 |url=http://1751.newstogo.us/editionviewer/default.aspx?Edition=01d5a3ce-391b-4d46-bb61-755060ac08da |access-date= March 3, 2019 }}</ref>