TEXAS GHOST TOWNS, SECTION 1 (PANHANDLE):

Texas is known for its cattle ranches and its agricultural farms. Thurber is remembered for its coal mines. Coal was the basis for the Thurber economy as the town sat on top of the only bituminous coal reserve in Texas. The mineral was discovered by a William Whipple Johnson in the mid 1880s. Johnson bought several thousand acres encompassing ... ................
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