Messrs. Achenbach and Blackstock had been asked by farmers in Beaver County and the surrounding areas to build a railroad through the Panhandle so that their wheat crops could be shipped to outlying markets.

[8] "When I was a kid 20 years old, but married, I used to want to work for a railroad which paid $50 a month and furnished its agents a two-story house on the line, rent, brooms, and matches free.

It consists of a multi-building K-12 facility that draws its student body from surrounding farms and the housing communities of Little Ponderosa and Pheasant Run.

This in turn means that, while Turpin is smaller than the surrounding communities of Beaver, Forgan, Hooker, and Tyrone, it has a comparatively large student body.

Notable alumni include former Dallas Cowboys defensive back Lynn Scott,[10] award winning educator Sarah Lynch and author James Stoddard.

The Turpin Grain Elevator was situated on the BM&E’s line, and is now on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Beaver County, Oklahoma.