Thurber, Texas, Photograph Collection, 1889-1940 and undated

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Thurber, Texas, Photograph Collection, 1889-1940 and undated

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The Thurber, Texas, Photograph Collection, dated 1888-1998 and undated, highlights the history of a town once bustling with the coal, brick and railroad industry.

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Southwest Collection/Special Collections Libary, Texas Tech University

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SNAC Resource ID: 6639887

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Texas Tech University. Southwest Collection

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This is an artificial collection of photographs of Burkburnett, Texas. It is located in northeastern Wichita County, Burkburnett, Texas, was founded in 1867. Originally known as Nesterville, then Gilbert, the town was finally named for rancher Samuel Burk Burnett in 1907. The first oil well began production in 1912. By 1918, the town was a major oil producer and became one of the boomtowns of the 1920s. From the guide to the Burkburnett, Texas, Photograph Collection, SWCPC 26 E1., 19...

Thurber Brick Company (Thurber, Tex.)

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Texas and Pacific Coal Company

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The company was formed by Colonel Robert Dickey Hunter in 1888 in Erath County, Texas. Hunter also formed the company town of Thurber, named for his business partner, H. K. Thurber. The area reached peak development in the early 1900s, providing half the coal supply for Texas. Oil discoveries near Ranger, Texas in 1917 prompted the company to cease operations. In 1933, the company moved its headquarters to Fort Worth and, in 1963, after Seagrams Distillers Company purchased the company, the offi...