Archeology in Thurber By Mary Adams October is known as Archeology month and with it right around the corner, I wanted to take a minute and talk about the archeology of Thurber, Texas. If you are familiar with Thurber you recognize the remains of the Historic Smokestack on the side...
The Year 2020 By Mary Adams As 2019 wound to a close, the outlook was bright for the most part. The world was entering a new decade. Tokyo was preparing to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, the National Basketball Association was in full swing, political parties were gearing up...
In the Search of Something Interesting…By Kyndall Howard Sometimes we look at a particular space not realizing that it has changed drastically over time. The Gordon Center understands this change well. As you walk along the sidewalk to the front entrance of the museum and look to the north, you will...
Controlling the Climate by Lea Hart People who live in Texas know that summer means heat. This was no different for the population of Thurber. According to the Global Historical Climatology Network, on July 1 of 1910 Dublin, Texas’s temperature was 90 degrees Fahrenheit with a low of 69. As of this...
Oh, you work in a Museum…what do you do?By Barbara BoguckiI was once asked how I “fell” into Museum work. In reality, the decision to work in a Museum requires very deliberate choices. Museum Studies is a very specific field in the academic focus of History that requires course work in...
A Stay-at-Home Life by Kyndall Howard This current spring has brought many changes to the world. More and more citizens find themselves regulated to working from home. This has inspired a look back to the 1900s, during the height of company towns, to what “working from home” meant for the many...
“Our story”By Kyndall Howard Graduate AssistantWhat is the purpose of learning about history? In school we learn lots of dates, battles, and events. We learn about leaders, and many kings with the same name but different numbers attached, in an attempt to keep them straight. But what is the point? There is...
by Lea Hart The W.K. Gordon Center opened to the public November 1, 2002. Since its opening, the museum has received various donations in order to tell the story of Thurber. On April 8 of 2003, nearly twenty years ago, a call was received at the W.K. Gordon Center in...
By Kyndall Howard As noted in the previous blog, coal was such an important part of times past, that it materialized in myth and legend. But for Thurberites, the real magic of coal was to provide them with a livelihood, as well as serve their own needs. This blog focuses on the...