W.K. Gordon Center Presents…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, February 13, 2017
STEPHENVILLE, Texas—Researcher and author Tim Pinnick will share his insights on African-American coal miners at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26, at Tarleton State University’s W.K. Gordon Center for Industrial History of Texas in the historic ghost town of Thurber.
Pinnick left his job as a public school teacher in 2003 to organize and develop material on African-American coal miners that he had accumulated for nearly a decade. That material includes information on African-American miners who worked for the Texas and Pacific Coal Company between 1888 and 1921, when Thurber was one of the biggest producers of bituminous coal in Texas and largest company town in the state.
Thurber’s coal-mining operations reached a peak around 1920, when the town had a population of some 10,000.
For more information on Pinnick’s presentation, call 254-968-1886 or email [email protected].
The W.K. Gordon Center, a Tarleton museum and research facility, is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and from 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays. The center is located at Exit 367 on Interstate 20 between Fort Worth and Abilene. For more information, visit www.tarleton.edu/gordoncenter or the museum’s Facebook page.
Tarleton, a member of The Texas A&M University System, provides a student-focused, value-driven educational experience marked by academic innovation and exemplary service, and dedicated to transforming students into tomorrow’s professional leaders. With campuses in Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Midlothian and online, Tarleton engages with its communities to provide real-world learning experiences and to address societal needs while maintaining its core values of integrity, leadership, tradition, civility, excellence and service.
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Contact: Mary Adams, Museum Educator / Facilities Manager
254-968-1886
[email protected]
