Old Texas and Pacific Coal Company Smokestack (Thurber, Texas)
Thurber, Texas is an unincorporated community in northern Erath County, near the Palo Pinto county line, about 75 miles west of Fort Worth along what is today Interstate 20. Between 1888 and 1921, the town was one of the largest producers of bituminous coal in Texas and the largest company town in the state, with a population of over 10,000. The population of the community in 2010 was 48, based on the Census Bureau count.
The company that owned the town, the Texas and Pacific Coal Company, also produced vitrified paving bricks that were used throughout Texas and the Southern United States.
The Thurber Historic District was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
Information from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurber,_Texas
Old Texas and Pacific Coal Company Smokestack (Thurber, Texas)
Thurber, Texas is an unincorporated community in northern Erath County, near the Palo Pinto county line, about 75 miles west of Fort Worth along what is today Interstate 20. Between 1888 and 1921, the town was one of the largest producers of bituminous coal in Texas and the largest company town in the state, with a population of over 10,000. The population of the community in 2010 was 48, based on the Census Bureau count.
The company that owned the town, the Texas and Pacific Coal Company, also produced vitrified paving bricks that were used throughout Texas and the Southern United States.
The Thurber Historic District was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
Information from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurber,_Texas