Forgotten History of a Ghost Town in Texas

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Forgotten History of a Ghost Town in Texas - After discovering Mingus, we travel to one of Texas' premier ghost towns. Here we delve into its forgotten history. Once a thriving coal mining town with a population of nearly 10k, by the 1930s this Texas town was a ghost town. The question we seek to answer is why did Mingus, a small railroad town, survive & this bigger, booming coal town die? Discover this ghost town's forgotten history & learn what caused the death of this town in this episode of SightseeingSally.
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@luckytahlula6515 Год назад

I sold my soul to the company store, is from a song called 16 Tons. Some know it as Big John, I remember Jimmy Dean singing it.

@charausten5242 Год назад

16 Tons lyrics: you load 16 tons and what do you get? Another day older and deeper debt. St Peter don't you call me cause I cant go, I owe my soul to the company store. I also remember Larry Hooper singing 16 tons on the Lawrence Welk Show. He had a deep bass voice. BTW, Big John was a different song about a guy who gave his life holding up the supports so trapped miners could escape a cave in.

@luckytahlula6515 Год назад

@@charausten5242 you are correct. I'm remembering from the Jimmy Dean album my aunt had. Duh, it sucks getting old. Thanks for the correction I knew something was bugging me about it before I sent it. I push that button anyway. Stay well and and God bless you. Oh since you're here, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year too.

@charausten5242 Год назад

@@luckytahlula6515 😂 Obviously I'm showing my age with my harking back. Merry Christmas to you too.

@bobburnitt5761 Год назад

"Tennessee" Ernie Ford sang 16 tons, not Jimmy Dean, at least initially for sure.

@billquailes7882 Год назад

I remember 16 Tons was a hit in 1955 by Tennessee Ernie Ford. I was 13 that year.

@joep9667 Год назад

very good ... may i submit one vote for including the cemeteries ... i think they're an important part of the history ...

@SightseeingSally Год назад

Yes! And it looks like others agree with you Joe

@pennytill5183 4 месяца назад

I for one love to visit old cenetaries

@JohnShinn1960 Год назад

I've spent many hours in cemetaries reading headstones of people I didn't know, wondering what their lives were. Thanks Sally, Thanks Marty! 🤠👍👍👍

@olivei2484 10 месяцев назад

We often visit them and clean up the random trash. Too far away to visit our past relatives, least we can do is take care of the local cemetery.

@chrismcgill Год назад

you mentioned in this video that your audience doesn't appreciate cemeteries, and I'm here to say that I am not one of those people. I absolutely LOVE cemeteries. I found your channel actually while looking for cemetery explorations. So if you ever want to create any content with cemeteries or related topics, I am here for it 👍

@JohnShinn1960 Год назад

I've spent many hours reading headstones of people I didn't know, wondering what their lives were.

@katiemoyer8679 Год назад

Yes, many of us learn much from and enjoy seeing, hearing about cemeteries. Thank You Sally & Marty. 👌

@kbarnettbarnett8273 Год назад

I love an old cemetery. There’s so much history. The epitaphs on some are incredibly revealing. Thank you for doing this.

@jamesoneal737 Год назад

My Grandparents were married in Thurber in Oct. 1927 and lived in Erath County for many years. I live in Stephenville. Thanks for this video.

@kimberlysweet3521 Год назад

I enjoy cemeteries. It's like a history book too me.

@SightseeingSally Год назад

That’s an interesting way to look at them, I like it!

@d.jasonmcneese2730 Год назад

👍🏻👍🏻Please don’t skip the Historic Cemeteries in the Towns you visit. Thank you for providing these very fascinating productions.

@zuzannawisniewska4464 Год назад

So much forgotten history, how many such forgotten stories. I really liked this movie . Very interesting. Love Texas because I love Texas. ❤👋

@griswald7156 Год назад

Hooray for Sally and Marty…..nice work guys….2 of the best toobers around..

@SightseeingSally Год назад

Aww 😊 thanks

@jeremiahmatthewgreatmanofpeace Год назад

I'm old fashioned, I've been working for the same manufacturing company for over 26 years.

@griswald7156 Год назад

Missed opportunities…

@jeremiahmatthewgreatmanofpeace Год назад

@@griswald7156 I'm sure I did.

@griswald7156 Год назад

I’ve worked in loads of places..I only struck lucky once…the rest was just hard work and low pay..

@JSB1882 Год назад

Man! that was a beautifully designed smokestack - too bad it's not being kept up. I like seeing old cemeteries and who's buried there. Marty is a treat to have along for the ride too.

@badgerpa9 Год назад

Mr. Marty is a smart cookie. The red made from cadmium is banned in the USA, also if you see old glazed ceramic plates, cups, etc the glaze on some was from depleted uranium. Every so often you will run across it at sales and they usually do not know it is slightly radioactive. . Excellent job on your videos Sally. Hope you guys are staying safe and healthy.

@johncronin5311 Год назад

Tennesee Ernie Ford best version sold my soul to the company store~16 tons

@951willie Год назад

Talking about red lead paint.

@badgerpa9 Год назад

Ceramics used cadmium for red and also depleted uranium for red, orange, yellow glazing.

@ricklambert6234 Год назад

Cemeterys are full of history ,I love the personal comments on some headstones....some funny some sad.

@dispostu1 Год назад

I enjoyed your coverage of Thurber, and have stood by that tower several times in the late '90s, mostly as a result of being in the area for a bicycle ride (usually in either Stephenville or DeLeon, TX). Those rides were about 100km through the country side and through the little towns around. I'm sorry I wasn't aware of that history when I was passing through there. One of my favorite little town names in that area was "Desdemona".

@earllutz2663 Год назад

Thank you again Sightseeing Sally and Marty. Another great video & explanations, from both of you.

@stevenbryant9648 Год назад

Very interesting, Thank you and wonderful holiday season.

@SightseeingSally Год назад

You’re welcome ☺️ Hope you have a wonderful holiday season also

@charausten5242 Год назад

That is one impressive smoke stack!

@tomcaldwell5750 Год назад

Very interesting ghost town in Texas, Sally, thanks for sharing

@neildewitt2869 Год назад

It's so sad that some towns fold up and become ghost towns. Great video, thank!

@duanelogan9633 Год назад

Hello Sally and Marty another nice video I noticed you didn't get too close to the church is that because you felt the ground shaking LOL stay healthy stay safe ✌️🌺👍🏆

@SightseeingSally Год назад

Lol yep that’s exactly it Duane 😂 wishing you the same!

@francisebbecke2727 Год назад

A very different Texas than today. What is really scary is that their lives were like better here than from where they came from.

@bonniekaye Год назад

*Really loved this video!!* 🙂👍♥️♥️

@SightseeingSally Год назад

Thanks Bonnie ❤️❤️❤️

@bonniekaye Год назад

@@SightseeingSally You're welcome! ♥️

@scottconnell8167 Год назад

Love your videos better than the History Channel👍 Safe travels & happy holidays

@allenefremov9459 Год назад

Silence is not our heritage, but our destiny.. ❤❤

@williamshaffer9216 Год назад

I've been to both Mingus and Thurber. Your Video does you proud!!!

@kristymcnett5746 Год назад

I am trying to watch every one of your videos. Got a brother in Peshtigo but the rest of us are in Monticello, Monroe & Rockford IL. I love your content. Backroads are the way I like to travel. My bestie & I travel to the UP for sightseeing & shopping. My daughter has a place near Florence. Great to meet ya!

@donpowlen 6 месяцев назад

I’ve driven by that place for decades and never stopped to wonder what it was. Thank you!

@dorindakay5069 Год назад

Thanks!

@SightseeingSally Год назад

Hi Dorinda, actually, I want to say thank you!! I'm new at this super thanks feature and just figured out you've kindly and generously tipped my 'trip jar' using this feature. Thank you, I really appreciate it!

@128titanic Год назад

Welcome! Nice to meet you! Thank Sally! Happy christmas!❤💚🧡.

@orionwarren4244 Год назад

Looks wonderful. I'm looking to relocate in a [virtual ghost] town where NO MONEY IS TO BE MADE with ZERO EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES so that I can retire with a [affordable] budget that actually makes sense! I'll be watching!👀😬😁

@hawaii50th Год назад

Even if it seems a bit depressing, cemeteries have a story and history to tell too. Awesome as always Sally and Marty.👍👍👍

@glenncastia Год назад

Love your videos!

@RodderFiles Год назад

We all wanna See the Cemetarys too thank you, i love your tours thanks for your time and Dedication ;)

@cherylpearson1963 Год назад

I like seeing the cemeteries and hearing about the people in them. I like your vids🥰

@burns8772 Год назад

Super cool! I love small town histories :) Watching this while I paint

@augustharter981 Год назад

I love cementaries. We try to visit old or historic cementaries in our travels! Thanks for sharing your visit. The history of the mining there is interesting! Wow that smokestack is amazing and the amount of coal still in the ground. I agree the fire hydrant is probably original. Enclosing the town in barb wire is definitely unique.The old church and old miners cabin is interesting. Thanks for sharing!!

@jackpalmer724 Год назад

Nice video Sally. You must of left Mocha home for this one.

@SightseeingSally Год назад

She was napping in the truck

@joefw2446 11 месяцев назад

Been there many times over the years. Fun stuff... My grandfather came to Thurber from Italy in 1899 to mine coal. My mother was baptised in St Barbara's Church. They moved to Fort Worth in 1930. I20 now passes though what was the center of Thurber.

@hottlimited Год назад

You need to check out the Helena cemetery, been abandoned for years

@davesnothereman7250 Год назад

Love your vids. And coal mining. Mining history around Scranton and WV is fascinating. And Mar-Tay is correct on early red paint. One of its pigment elements was cadmium. Which is highly toxic.

@bradfordbarrettluckotheIrish Год назад

Another awesome video Sally & Marty.

@alejandradelpilarpizarroar2542 Год назад

Excellent video my dear friend 💁‍♀️ 💋

@jwwalker688 Год назад

Great quote, I'll remember that for years to come. The Dillard thing.

@paulbryan3909 Год назад

Bituminous coal is found in north central Texas in Pennsylvanian rocks in Coleman, Eastland, Erath, Jack, McCulloch, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Wise, Young, and other counties. Thurber is not the only location for bituminous coal in Texas. Thurber is in Erath county.

@teresaburleson2112 Месяц назад

FYI: The Galveston Sea Wall was also built with Thurber Bricks. The W.K. Gordon Museum, across the interstate, is a wonderful museum about Thurber.

@daleferguson1233 Месяц назад

😮love videos like this.. 😮

@stevethomas5209 Год назад

Seen that smoke stack many times driving truck. Always wanted to stop and check it out but I always had to keep rolling. Someone might say I was rolling my own coal.

@Ggmaquilts 2 месяца назад

The song 16 tons was first made famous by Ernie Ford. He was before Jimmie Dean and had a wonderful deep voice.

@michiganjfrog5714 Год назад

We live in an old mining town. Last year they took down the big smokestack and we got video of it. They had big trucks spraying water on it to keep the dust down.

@richardbrewer9896 Год назад

My wife's grandfather was born in Thurber. We visited there a couple of years ago

@charleycharley2776 Год назад

My dad was born in Thurber. 1917.

@richardbrewer9896 Год назад

@Charley Charley my wife's grandfather was born there in 1908.A Couple of the name's on the memorial stone at the cemetery there may be relatives. Family moved to Southern Illinois to the coal mines here

@charleycharley2776 Год назад

I have 3 relatives buried in the cemetery. Only 2 are listed as being buried there. My dad's name was William A. Deaton.

@richardbrewer9896 Год назад

@@charleycharley2776 my wife's family last name is Phillips

@RioAbajoBelen Год назад

We love old cemeteries by the way. ;-) Doug and Pam Belen, New Mexico U.S.A.

@SightseeingSally Год назад

Thanks!

@doingitwithnothing Год назад

Vary interesting 😊

@gilbrowning4695 Год назад

There is also a great museum across I-20 about life in Thurber.

@JamesWitt-u6c 10 месяцев назад

So sad for the folks buried there.

@rg1599 Год назад

The GW Gordon museum there is small but nice. Hope you got to see it.

@pigoff123 Год назад

Poland is a beautiful country. We took some bus trips there an bought pottery.

@ronniegillaspy Год назад

Why didn’t you go across the street and eat at the restaurant? They have GREAT pancakes. And go check out Strawn TX. and if you go to Strawn, eat at Mary’s Cafe - order a chicken fried steak! Best in Texas!!!

@dukainmanning7246 Год назад

I've eaten at The Smokestack restaurant. The steaks were definitely on point.

@JDART2 Год назад

@Sally. You guys need to visit Steelville MO, more importantly the Ole Steelevilille Iron works. I have no connections to the place but I've been to alot of places and you guys would see a timeless history.

@gregelliott5016 Год назад

Have you done any videos in Nevada? Silver Peak and Beatty would be good one's to do

@homeownerbuilderservicesll6777 Год назад

I always stop and eat here the best food!!! EVER

@charlenetobola754 Год назад

Great fresh viewpoint, come by Edna, Tx & stop in at Texana Museum on th-fri-sat,8-5pm

@toms6756 Год назад

Another excellent video! What is the name of the song, it was perfect for this.

@stephenvinson6474 2 месяца назад

I have passed by Thurber many times in my life. I knew it was a company town. I knew it was a place where coal was mined and i remember it being a source for brick. At one time the highway that passed by Thurber was made from paving brick...I believe it was made at Thurber. Labor was done by inmates from the Texas prison system....chain gangs...

@shawnmeyer2788 Год назад

There is Thurber Bricks in Bisbee Arizona.

@umberct Год назад

I’ve seen the chimney from the interstate. Now, I know.

@shuttlemanjack Год назад

The history of immigration into Texas is fascinating. Visit West , Fredericksburg, Clifton, etc. Tour the historic wooden churches built by European immigrants.

@pennytill5183 4 месяца назад

Visited there about 25 years ago

@ashley8597 Год назад

I am related to several people from Menard, Texas. I'm related to the johnsons and measure my family is very on LBJ ranch and I found your video to be a very interesting. I would love to talk to someone from the Menard area (longtime resident ) that could possibly feel in some blanks and answers some questions for me.

@freedmm3122 Год назад

I have been there and the food is good at the restaraunt😊

@jameskennerly9748 Год назад

Did you go to the open pit coal mine just south of interstate 20. Lot of Thurber Bricks were used on streets in Mingus, Stephenville and Ft worth.

@calmshorefilms1960 Год назад

Anyone remember going to the flea Market there?

@Cutter-jx3xj 10 месяцев назад

You didn't even realize that you were standing in a very haunted cemetery. Go there at night, sit in the dark and just listen

@ahmedhumayunrasheed2434 Год назад

Sally Fort Worth is near!

@davewait6469 Год назад

JUST. WANTED TO TELL HER. SUCH. A. BEAUTIFULL. SWEET. LADY. !!!!❤❤❤❤❤

@robertmercer469 Год назад

Should have gone to Marfa tx to see the strange lights

@paulbryan3909 Год назад

The demand for coal along with the town died but the rights to the coal still exist. If you follow the money... The porcelain sign was erected in 1960 and states " the coal (mineral deposits) were owned by Texas Pacific. In 1963 Seagram's Co. (yes the distiller) bought Texas Pacific for 276 million. In 1980 Sun Oil Co. bought all properties of the Texas Pacific from Seagram's for 2.3 billion and is the current owner. In 1998 Sun Oil changed its name to the now familiar SUNOCO name.

@ceciliaboles3422 Год назад

The road that goes in front of my house in Cisco is made of Thurber brick.

@Anthony-ot8vl Год назад

You have a BUCCEES pin! You would love New Braunfels. Not just the store but old downtown.

@paulajones9956 Год назад

The restaurant use to be called Thurber Inn, they had the best chicken fried steak in the country side, you should have gone in the restaurant and talked to the old timers

@billprice6458 Год назад

My house in Michigan way older than that whole town. Not even old enough to have a ghost.

@ChrisLee66 Год назад

Another rabbit hole, the triangle symbol on the bricks.

@mistyjeffries2601 Год назад

Hands down best chicken fried steak in texas! My opinion! Right by the road, if you go through, stop and eat! Yummy!!!

@mitzibutler6415 8 месяцев назад

🙏🏻

@charlenetobola754 Год назад

I also have a brick exhibit

@tom1644x Год назад

"Mingus" sounds like an insult, lol.

@SightseeingSally Год назад

Lol don’t tell that to the people of Mingus

@waynepugh4981 Год назад

Been there the restaurant has good food Thurber company homes had electricity and running water at a time when most concered luxury items for the rich

@roymichel1856 Год назад

Now we know where the coal is when the current President leaves office! LOL thanks for another great sightseeing tour,Sally and Marty!

@SightseeingSally Год назад

Lol thanks Roy

@hattyburrow716 Год назад

How can people be so greedy? Getting rich on the backs of others…

@user-on3zq2nc7l Год назад

The"others" got wages to feed and house their families, Americans trade things-wages for time. We don't give away our lives.

@pigoff123 Год назад

Generations have changed. I raised my daughter on my own without state aid. I took a job until I found a better job an worked my way up. Sometimes I worked 2-3 jobs at a time. I was lucky cause my evening and weekend jobs I was anle to take my daughter with me. Now nobody wants to work.