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 KingJalopy
   
Location: Tulsa, OK
Gender: Male
I love manholes
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< on 1/9/2010 10:53 PM >
|  | | | Sorry if there is a thread for this, I looked but didn't see one. I was wondering if any of you had been to Thurber, Texas?
It was a coal mining town, and now sits almost empty.
I'm driving out there tonight to check it out, so if anyone has any relevant information about this place, it would be appreciated if it were shared.
While I'm starting the subject, what is your favorite ghost town(s)?
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Opheliaism
     
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Location: Out on the border of everything and nothing, TN
Ophie
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<Reply # 1 on 1/9/2010 11:07 PM >
| | | | Sigh. Some people learn really slowly. I feel for ya, Ratty! 
Show up at 9:30 with 15 dollars cash and your fingers crossed.
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musket boy
Location: Maui
Gender: Male
It smells like your grandpa and your feet stick to the floor
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<Reply # 2 on 1/9/2010 11:32 PM >
| | | | i don't think there's anything left in thurber besides the chimney, but since ur out that way you might as well take 281 up to mineral wells, i hear they have a cool old hotel that some people have gotten into.
[last edit 1/9/2010 11:32 PM by musket boy - edited 1 times]
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Explorer Zero
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<Reply # 3 on 1/9/2010 11:39 PM >
| | | | while heading north on 281 theres a cool old motor court perched high up on a rocky hill looks like somebody lives in one of the units but we need some pics and I mean inside pics of that place
cool old stone motels are cool
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KingJalopy
Location: Tulsa, OK
Gender: Male
I love manholes
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<Reply # 4 on 1/10/2010 12:08 AM >
| | | | Posted by musket boy
i don't think there's anything left in thurber besides the chimney, but since ur out that way you might as well take 281 up to mineral wells, i hear they have a cool old hotel that some people have gotten into.
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yeah, that would be the Baker Hotel, and I was run off from there by the cops once already, so I'm looking for something a little less mission impossible.
This hill you speak of 2x, is it highly noticeable, I mean from the road will I see it? I will definately try to get in if I find it.
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Explorer Zero
| | | Re: Texas Ghost Towns
<Reply # 5 on 1/10/2010 12:44 AM >
| | | | cant miss it look up and to the right
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KingJalopy
Location: Tulsa, OK
Gender: Male
I love manholes
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<Reply # 6 on 1/10/2010 12:52 AM >
| | | | Posted by 2Xplorations
cant miss it look up and to the right
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I think I saw that last time I was there, is that the hill that has the big welcome sign?
Is there anything of any interest out there really other than the baker, i dont wanna do the hospital either, Jason from Ohio is coming here next week, and we're going to hit that up.
Anyway I live in Dallas, so that's a long drive for a potential dead end. I have my fiancee tonight with me, so it needs to be relatively easy. Any good ghost towns, or rural abandonments would be ideal, we want to get out the city tonight. Sure is cold though!
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Raticus
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Location: Tyler
Gender: Male
Ratus exploricus abandonae
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<Reply # 7 on 1/10/2010 6:17 AM >
| | | | Posted by Opheliaism
Sigh. Some people learn really slowly. I feel for ya, Ratty!
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Thanks Ophie. Yeah, this guy looks like another one who is trying so hard that he'll end up falling over his own feet.
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Explorer Zero
| | | Re: Texas Ghost Towns
<Reply # 8 on 1/10/2010 4:34 PM >
| | | | 2X Ghost Town ratings
Neches: close photogenic main street but not much to do
Texon: fun to explore but pretty far from DFW
Sanderson: not a ghost town but downtown might as well be
Barstow: not fully a ghost town yet worth the drive if going to Pecos
Pyote: worth the drive some inhabitants remain
Los Ybanez: check it out if nearby a few inhabitants left
Eskota: only if going that way watch out last couple residents dont like visitors
Allamoore: great mountain scenery I wouldnt drive here just for that
Lobo: see it if your going to Valentine
Valentine: fun to explore not all that great for pretty little pictures
Candelaria: little activity but this is an illegal immigrant crossing
Ironton: close by worth a stop avoid the lawnmower guy
Mingus: close to Thurber, M/C destination but its being reborn
Thurber: the New York Hill restaurant is sometimes better than the Smokestack restaurant but both leave a little to be desired
Putnam: worth a look not too far mostly shanties someone lives in the school
Tiffen: worth the drive only one bldg left maybe be active caution advised
Trent: only if going by not a full ghost town yet
Toyah: worth including in any WTX itinerary
Rodessa LA. not a TX ghost town but its well worth the trip just dont get caught (this is quite simple dont park nearby dont shine flashlights around at night just common sense stick to the trees)
Maybe some others Ive forgot. The online ghost town websites are worth looking at because a lot of those quote unquote ghost towns are just cemeteries or historical markers. Also good idea to remember that most of these places are still owned by somebody. Ive had passing motorists stop and confront me (from the safety of their car) call the sheriff, follow me around etc. etc.
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Explorer Zero
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<Reply # 9 on 1/10/2010 4:36 PM >
| | | | ps: waiting for Houston to board up and become the worlds largest ghost town
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backslider26
 
Location: Jonestown
Gender: Male
| |  | Re: Texas Ghost Towns
<Reply # 10 on 1/10/2010 6:33 PM >
| | | | ^^^might happen sooner than you think^^^
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fwexplorer
Location: DFW TX
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Texas Ghost Towns
<Reply # 11 on 1/13/2010 5:15 AM >
| | | | I know you've probably already been to Thurber, but in addition to the chimney, there's a pretty cool old cemetery. It's kinda hidden and you have to walk to get to it.
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KingJalopy
Location: Tulsa, OK
Gender: Male
I love manholes
| | | Re: Texas Ghost Towns
<Reply # 12 on 1/13/2010 4:33 PM >
| | | | Posted by fwexplorer
I know you've probably already been to Thurber, but in addition to the chimney, there's a pretty cool old cemetery. It's kinda hidden and you have to walk to get to it.
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Now see, that's useful information for me, I love cemeteries, they are very peaceful and photogenic. And I guess of course you've got the ghosts and blah blah blah.....
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altaria
Location: Austin, TX
Gender: Female
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<Reply # 13 on 1/15/2010 1:44 AM >
| | | | I love old cemeteries! I always try to stop at the ones in tiny towns that are indicated with the signs pointing off the highway. I accidentally got locked in an old cemetery once. That was not so fun. Word to the wise - if the gates are open just after full dark, it doesn't mean that they leave the gates open all night and parking your car inside the gates may make for an interesting evening.
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Arch-Image
Location: DFW
Gender: Male
"This gene pool could use a little chlorine."
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<Reply # 14 on 1/24/2010 3:46 PM >
| | | | Posted by 2Xplorations
2X Ghost Town ratings
Neches: close photogenic main street but not much to do
Texon: fun to explore but pretty far from DFW
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Trent: only if going by not a full ghost town yet
Toyah: worth including in any WTX itinerary
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Damn I want your Job 2x! I may get access to some cool places but nothing like getting to drive around like you do!
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twisterintexas
Location: I explore mostly Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas!
Gender: Female
| |  | | Re: Texas Ghost Towns
<Reply # 15 on 2/20/2010 1:17 AM >
| | | | If you want to visit the cemetery, go to the Ice House Restaurant and hand them your driver's license. They'll give you a key to the gate, and you can drive up the hill and check it out. Lots of Italian, German, and Polish graves, as the Texas and Pacific RR hired European miners to work the coal mines, thinking that they wouldn't unionize. The joke was on T&P - Thurber became the only closed-shop town in Texas within a few short years.
There are some old mine shafts near Thurber:
Here's a good shot with the T&P tracks:
And the old fire house (I think). There's quite a bit to explore behind the building, too:
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Explorer Zero
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<Reply # 16 on 2/20/2010 4:30 AM >
| | | | Im pretty sure thats not a mine shaft
where did you get your information?
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twisterintexas
Location: I explore mostly Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas!
Gender: Female
| | | | Re: Texas Ghost Towns
<Reply # 17 on 2/21/2010 5:35 AM >
| | | | The opening is near Thurber in a small town called Mingus. Two locals who were eating at the Ice House restaurant pointed it out to me after I had already found it. It's not a house, but a brick-lined opening into a hillside.
It could be a dugout home, though. I found a similar one in Oklahoma:
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twisterintexas
Location: I explore mostly Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas!
Gender: Female
| | | | Re: Texas Ghost Towns
<Reply # 18 on 2/21/2010 6:02 AM >
| | | | There are a lot of ghost towns north of DFW if you don't mind the drive. Here are some good ones:
Myra (Cooke County, west of Gainesville) also has an abandoned school:
Dexter (Cooke County, northeast of Gainesville):
Sturgeon (Cooke County, northeast of Gainesville on the way to Dexter):
My favorite place, Spanish Fort, in Montague County (north of Nocona):
Happy hunting!
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Explorer Zero
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<Reply # 19 on 2/21/2010 12:51 PM >
| | | | well it does have a fireplace and electrical service
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