By Lindsey Light In 1928 the Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company opened its first TP Aero Brand filling station in present-day downtown Fort Worth, Texas in the middle of the wide intersection at West Seventh Street and Camp Bowie...
By Matt Stephenson Coal mining is one of the most dangerous occupations in the world....
By staff When a coal mining company established a town, it often built a church,...
By David Buster At one time, Thurber was the largest city between Fort Worth and...
By special guest blogger LeAnna Schooley When the descendant of a former Thurber resident contacts...
By special guest blogger, Stephanie Winnett Indigestion? Nausea? Hypertension? Fever? Headache? Today, you would drive...
By Mary Adams Thurber, Texas, located approximately 70 miles west of Fort Worth, was a...
By David Buster At its peak, Thurber, Texas, boasted some 10,000 plus residents. While this...
By Mary Adams Beginning in 1897, the Green and Hunter Brick Company, later known as...
By Gary Spurr The Texas & Pacific Coal & Oil Company papers record the history...