By Lindsey Light In December of 1902, A. B. “Bert” Marston arrived at the Stilwell Hotel in Pittsburg, Kansas, to gather African American workers to go with him to Thurber, Texas, to mine coal. Marston was the assistant storekeeper of...
By Matt Stephenson The Obel family moved to Palo Pinto County, from Montgomery County, Alabama,...
By Matt Stephenson Northern Erath and southern Palo Pinto Counties were the largest coal producing...
By Lindsey Light In 1928 the Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company opened its first...
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 Bethany Kolter Dodson Texas has a long-practiced tradition of quilt making....
By Matt Stephenson The call to arms prompted by the entry of the United States...
By special guest blogger LeAnna Schooley When the descendant of a former Thurber resident contacts...