Grafting Greatness
By Scarlet Webber Led by Thomas Winfield Jordan, the Jordan family came to Erath before the town settled. The Jordan family fruit farm was established in 1885 and was located 2.5 miles south of Thurber. This was one of several...
Thurber Brick Plant
By Mary Adams Colonel Robert Dickie Hunter, president of the Texas Pacific Coal Company, and...
Last Church from Thurber, Texas: St. Barbara’s
By Mary Adams After the coal mines and brick plan closed and a fire destroyed...
The Jordan Family: Fred Jordan
By Scarlet Webber The people who called Thurber home did not just disappear once Thurber...
Fraternal Organizations: The Secret Support of Thurber
By Shala Scarlato Fraternal Organizations were the backbone of much of American society both after...
The Working Child: Child Labor in the Early 20th Century
By Shala Scarlato Thurber was no stranger to labor strikes and unions. Many miners joined...
Labor Day in Thurber
By Mary Adams Texas recognized Labor Day on the first Monday of September in 1863....
Thurber in WWΙ: United We Stand
One of the first things an intern must do when starting at the W. K....
The Glorious Fourth
By Mary Adams The last Fourth of July celebration in Thurber occurred in 1937 after...
A White-Collar Crime, A Blue Collar Lie: The Story of James Bingham
By Shala Scarlato James Rollins Bingham was a hardworking, published author that found a life...