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Site of Thurber Big Lake and Dairy |
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Thurber,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
32° 30' 29.28857000004",
-98° 23' 50.22191000004"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
In 1891, a 20-acre Little Lake was built south of the Thurber townsite to supply water to the community. It soon proved inadequate, however, and five years later a 150-acre Big Lake was constructed here about a mile southeast of town. Texas and Pacific Coal Company president R. D. Hunter organized a hunting and fishing club at the Big Lake for company executives and staff. Water from the lake irrigated company-owned farmland in the valley below, and provided water for the nearby Thurber Dairy. The dairy's twin silos were still visible decades later. (1995)
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
Site of Thurber Big Lake and Dairy Historical Marker Location Map, Texas
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