Download or read book Birth of a Texas Ghost Town written by Mary Jane Gentry and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edited and with an introduction by T. Lindsay Baker; foreword by Larry Gatlin.
Download or read book Thurber Texas written by John Stricklin Spratt and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Thurber Texas written by John Stricklin Spratt and published by . This book was released on with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Birth of a Texas Ghost Town written by Mary Jane Gentry and published by Tarleton State University Sout. This book was released on 2020-06-09 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Birth of a Texas Ghost Town: Thurber 1886-1933 provides readers with a detailed history of the rise and fall of one of the most notable coal-mining and brick-producing communities in Texas. . . . Any historian interested in Texas history, urban studies, and business history would find this book a valuable resource."--Southwestern Historical Quarterly "Gentry's work is full of anecdotes that give life to the community, and her story illuminates an important chapter in Texas history . . . Gentry's work should rekindle interest in Texas coal mining."--Journal of Southern History
Download or read book Thurber written by Deborah M. Liles and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once a busy industrial town of nearly 10,000, Thurber now boasts a residency of less than 10. For approximately 50 years, from 1886 to 1936, migrants from the United States, Mexico, Russia, Britain, and Eastern and Western Europe mined bituminous coal, manufactured bricks, and provided the labor for all of the residual businesses in an entirely company-owned town. The rich history of Thurber includes big-city investors, Texas Rangers, labor unions, railroads, sports, opera, diversity, tragedy, triumph, and the everyday lives of men, women, and children.
Download or read book A Way of Work and a Way of Life written by Marilyn D. Rhinehart and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike elsewhere, however, the miners' success at Thurber was not fraught with violence and loss of life; furthermore, in the strike's aftermath good relations generally characterized employer/employee negotiations.
Download or read book The Back Road to Thurber written by Leo S. Bielinski Ph. D. and published by . This book was released on 1993-06-01 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Back Road To Thurber, Leo Bielinski looks through the eyes of ethnic immigrants to tell the story of life in a Texas coal mining town. The story is based in part on actual events, and those who know Thurber, Texas, will recognize it immediately as the setting. In Bielinski's novel, Thurber becomes the stage upon which Italian, Polish, and other immigrants come face to face with the realities of life in America. Through flashbacks, The Back Road To Thurber covers the period from the late 19th to late 20th century - a tumultuous era of boom and bust for many towns like Thurber.
Download or read book The Birth of a Texas Ghost Town written by Mary Jane Gentry and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2008-02-21 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its heyday, Thurber was home to coal miners and brick plant workers from Italy, Poland, and as many as fourteen other European nations, not to mention the many Mexican immigrants who came to the area. In this, her master’s thesis, Mary Jane Gentry, who started the first grade in Thurber and graduated as valedictorian of its high school in 1930, records first-hand memories of the town’s vibrant charm. Now edited and with an introduction by T. Lindsay Baker, Gentry’s lively history of the rise and decline of a Texas coal town provides a unique window into a bygone era. Her narrative of rancorous labor disputes, corporate machinations, and the eventual shuttering of the plants and virtual disappearance of the once-thriving town will allow Thurber to live again, if only in the minds of her readers.
Download or read book Texas Labor History written by Bruce A. Glasrud and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2013-04-21 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Too often, observers and writers of Texas history have accepted assumptions about labor movements in the state—both organized and not—that do not bear up under the light of careful scrutiny. Offering a scholarly corrective to such misplaced suppositions, the studies in Texas Labor History provide a helpful new source for scholars and teachers who wish to fill in some of the missing pieces. Tackling a number of such presumptions—that a viable labor movement never existed in the Lone Star State; that black, brown, and white laborers, both male and female, were unable to achieve even short-term solidarity; that labor unions in Texas were ineffective because of laborers’ inability to confront employers—the editors and contributors to this volume lay the foundation for establishing the importance of labor to a fuller understanding of Texas history. They show, for example, that despite differing working conditions and places in society, many workers managed to unite, sometimes in biracial efforts, to overturn the top-down strategy utilized by Texas employers. Texas Labor History also facilitates an understanding of how the state’s history relates to, reflects, and differs from national patterns and movements. This groundbreaking collection of studies offers notable opportunities for new directions of inquiry and will benefit historians and students for years to come.
Download or read book Tracking the Texas Rangers written by Bruce A. Glasrud and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracking the Texas Rangers: The Twentieth Century is an anthology of fifteen previously published articles and chapter excerpts covering key topics of the Texas Rangers during the twentieth century. The task of determining the role of the Rangers as the state evolved and what they actually accomplished for the benefit of the state is a difficult challenge. The actions of the Rangers fit no easy description. There is a dark side to the story of the Rangers; during the Mexican Revolution, for example, some murdered with impunity. Others sought to restore order in the border communities as well as in the remainder of Texas. It is not lack of interest that complicates the unveiling of the mythical force. With the possible exception of the Alamo, probably more has been written about the Texas Rangers than any other aspect of Texas history. Tracking the Texas Rangers covers leaders such as Captains Bill McDonald, "Lone Wolf" Gonzaullas, and Barry Caver, accomplished Rangers like Joaquin Jackson and Arthur Hill, and the use of Rangers in the Mexican Revolution. Chapters discuss their role in the oil fields, in riots, and in capturing outlaws. Most important, the Rangers of the twentieth century experienced changes in investigative techniques, strategy, and intelligence gathering. Tracking looks at the use of Rangers in labor disputes, in race issues, and in the Tejano civil rights movement. The selections cover critical aspects of those experiences--organization, leadership, cultural implications, rural and urban life, and violence. In their introduction, editors Bruce A. Glasrud and Harold J. Weiss, Jr., discuss various themes and controversies surrounding the twentieth-century Rangers and their treatment by historians over the years. They also have added annotations to the essays to explain where new research has shed additional light on an event to update or correct the original article text.
Download or read book Thurber Mingus the Last of the Great Texas Frontiersmen A Love Story written by Merle Vines and published by . This book was released on 2014-07-25 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This vivid and historical account of Thurber Mingus spans a century that starts shortly after Texas becomes the 28th state of the United States in 1845. At the age of 9 Thurber was captured by Kiowa Indians on the high plains of north Texas and was raised by them until the age of 17 when he returned to his own people. On reuniting with his white family Thurber became reacquainted and fell in love with Noodle Rising Star his half Comanche half-sister. Thurber and Noodle have a baby on the way before they are told of their family history. Noodle banishes Thurber from their home and thus begins his wandering adventures that stretch from the searing flats of south Texas to the frozen mountains of western Montana. Along the way he meets noteworthy characters such as Kiowa Chiefs Satanta and Satank, the Bigfoot, Moses Rose, John Wesley Hardin, William T. Sherman, Johnny Ringo, George Custer, Billy Bonney, Seth Bullock, Theodore Roosevelt, the Man from Mars, George Patton, Pancho Villa and other equally colorful personalities. The story of Thurber Mingus is a reminder of a time we shall never see again. His was a time before "bob-wahr," gasoline pumps and television. His was a time before interstate highways began slicing up the land, a time when a man was free to roam the mountains and the prairies on the back of a good horse, in search of a love lost.
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Download or read book Black Diamonds Black Gold written by Don Woodard and published by Texas Tech University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The portrayal of the events, people, and company that created a boomtown and a rare glimpse into the wheelings and dealings of cattle barons, oil tycoons, and politicos on a truly Texas scale.
Download or read book The Back Road to Thurber written by Leo S. Bielinski and published by . This book was released on 1993-06-01 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of life in a Texas coal mining town from the perspective of its immigrant miners.
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Download or read book Proceedings of The constitutional Convention of the United Mine Workers of America written by United Mine Workers of America and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 1188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Proceedings of Consecutive and Biennial Convention of the United Mine Workers of America written by United Mine Workers of America and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 1188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
