Texas and Pacific Coal Company Records, 1889-1979 and undated

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Texas and Pacific Coal Company Records, 1889-1979 and undated

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/ttusw/00125/00125-P.html

Records and activities of the Texas and Pacific Coal Company and its numerous subsidiaries in Thurber, Texas.

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Southwest Collection/Special Collections Libary, Texas Tech University

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SNAC Resource ID: 6640990

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Texas Pacific Mercantile and Manufacturing 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...

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Texas Coal and Fuel Company

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Homestake Exploration Company (Thurber, Tex.)

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Thurber Construction Company

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Green and Hunter Brick Company (Thurber, Tex.)

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Thurber Earthen Products Company

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