Ghost coal town Thurber fenced during strike near 50 years ago
Miss Mary J. Gentry of San Angelo described Thurber as a company owned town with a fence around homes and institutions during a Texas State Historical Association meeting in Austin. The miners’ strike left the town shut in with a Polish wedding noted for its large supply of cheap plates to entertain guests.
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Texas State Historical Association
Austin
Mary J. Gentry
San Angelo
Thurber
Thurber Memories Outline a Texas Town’s Rise and Decline
The column recalls Thurber, once the largest town between Fort Worth and El Paso, with brick pavement links to Ranger Eastland and Cisco. It notes its semi pro baseball fame, prohibition era grog, a steel fire of memories, and the Ranger oil discovery that doomed coal. The piece ends with reflections on aging rural figures and a nondescript insurance plug.
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Thurber
Fort Worth
el Paso
Tow
Thurby
Santa Claus
Ranger
Eastland
Cisco
Texas
W. K. Gordon
Coal Company
Jack Urban
Wn Ranger
West Texas Range Conference to Meet June 24 28
Ranchmen from 17 range states will advise on the 1941 Range Conservation program at the National Range Conference in West Texas June 24 to 28. Delegates will tour West Texas ranches to inspect conservation work in 16 counties with film sessions in San Angelo. Speakers include R M Evans AAA administrator and Grover Panhandle ranchman who was named assistant secretary of agriculture.
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AAA
West
Texas
Agricultural Conservation Ags Committee
Wi@land
Poet Ddim
West Texas
Janchess
Midland
Pecmny
Fort Davis
Marfa
Alpine
del Rim
Sonora
San Angelo
R. M. Evans
Grover
Panhandle
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Comfort Hatchery
Comfort
H. Bruhl
H. Buchanan Construction Co
Tank and Lake Construction
Llano
T. M. Wright
Llano, Texas
MIBES
Undertaker
Asi Anya
Mother Nature
U. S
United Brewers Industrial Foundation
East 40Th Street
New York
N.Y
L. P. i Lenslee
The
Anson Western Enterprise
Anson
Stanley Mohle
Lockhart
Frank Jones
R. L. Scott
Comanche
DeLeon Fress Press
W. J. Baldwin
Harlingen
Levelland
Oklahoma
Paul Holcomb
W. Blanton
Nordheim
Nick Lucas
Tulia
W. H. Mayes
Ranger Times
Copperas Cove
Howard T. Kingsberry
Santa
Wikiai
Hot Springs
Pat Marschall
Crosley
Good Housekeeping Institute
du Pont Dulux
Shelvador
Ashby Electric
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