William Whipple Johnson Papers, 1855-1946 and undated

American Coal Mining Company

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Johnson, Anna Fatzinger, d. 1922

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Johnson, William Whipple, 1843-1914

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Mine owner, entrepreneur. Born in Ionia, Michigan, in 1843. Moved to Texas with his brother, Harvey Johnson, and settled near Strawn, Texas, where they supplied lumber to the Texas and Pacific Railroad. During the 1880s, the Johnsons established the Johnson Coal Mining Company, which was sold to the Texas and Pacific Coal Company in 1888. Johnson remained active in mining, lumber, banking, and oil and gas interests until his death in 1914. From the description of Papers, 1855-1908, (...

Johnson Coal Mining Company (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...

Johnson, Harvey E.

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San Antonio, Llano, and Northern Railroad

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