Where did "what in Tarnation" come from?

Posted by Unwise Prophet on June 15, 2003

In Reply to: Where did "what in Tarnation" come from? posted by Tom Canazon on June 15, 2003

: where did "what in Tarnation" come from?

I first heard it on the TV show Gunsmoke. Festus said it all the time.