The post office at Thurber closed for good on Oct. 28, 1936. The once thriving mining town hardly had a pulse, and neighboring Mingus was on the critical list.
Separated by two miles and the Erath-Palo Pinto county line, the two shared a common prosperity during the boom times of the coal-burning locomotive. The future was bright for the mining mecca and the rail center until the dawn of the oil ag…
