Thurber

Thurber occupies a former coal-mining site in the rolling interior of north-central Texas. Founded in 1886 by the Texas and Pacific Coal Company, this purpose-built community became one of the state’s major coal-producing centres and was served by the Texas & Pacific Railway. Many of its miners were immigrant families, notably from Italy, a heritage closely tied to Thurber’s identity. As coal declined, brickmaking became an important local industry, but the settlement was largely abandoned by the 1930s. Foundations, cemeteries and the W. K. Gordon Center for Industrial History recall its industrial past. Discover other points of interest through webcams located across Texas.

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