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    • Our Mission
    • Meet the Staff
    • Upcoming Events
    • Contact Us
  • Exhibits
    • Past Exhibits
  • Plan Your Visit
  • History
    • Research Thurber Roots
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    • Thurber Newspapers
    • Finding Aid
    • Bibliography
    • Timeline
  • Ways To Give
  • Museum Store
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From the Curator’s Desk: A Simple Start for your Thurber Genealogy

By special guest blogger LeAnna Schooley When the descendant of a former Thurber resident contacts the Gordon Center looking for information, the request always makes its way to me. As curator, I use research to identify artifacts, develop exhibits, and...

October 29, 2010
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Take two Dover’s and call me in the Morning

By special guest blogger, Stephanie Winnett Indigestion? Nausea? Hypertension? Fever? Headache? Today, you would drive...

September 29, 2010
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I Owe My Soul to the Company Store

By Mary Adams Thurber, Texas, located approximately 70 miles west of Fort Worth, was a...

August 25, 2010
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Musical Memories

By David Buster At its peak, Thurber, Texas, boasted some 10,000 plus residents. While this...

July 29, 2010
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Follow the Red Brick Road

By Mary Adams Beginning in 1897, the Green and Hunter Brick Company, later known as...

June 30, 2010
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From the Archivist’s Desk: At 1915 State of the Mine’s Report

By Gary Spurr The Texas & Pacific Coal & Oil Company papers record the history...

May 26, 2010
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Battling the Blaze at Mine #8

By David Buster At approximately 2:30 am June 3 1904, the night engineer in the...

April 30, 2010
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Life After Work: Organized Social Clubs in Thurber, Texas

by Mary Adams Thurber, Texas was at one time the largest community between Fort Worth...

March 31, 2010
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Santa Claus in Camp

By Mary Adams It is that time of the year when trees are decorated, people...

December 23, 2009
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I Only Wish I’d Done it Sooner: The Murder of a Brick Worker

By David Buster On the night of May 18, 1911, John Woods of Thurber stayed...

November 24, 2009
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