But in the small South Texas town of Cuero, ninety miles southeast of San Antonio, devoted revelers converge a month earlier for a literal turkey trot. Most of the events at Turkeyfest ...

Texas is home to 'Turkey Capital of the World ... A photo captures the turkey trot of 1934 in the town of Cuero, a two-hour drive to the southeast of Austin. It once supported a large turkey ...

The Turkey Trot began in 1991 with only a handful of volunteers and 600 participants. Now it has grown to be the largest 5-mile run in Texas, with more than 700 volunteers and over 20,000 ...