The town official called Morgan Mill- one Morgan, owner and one mill. I have heard many call it Morgan's Mill. Whatever, we are all talking about the same place. Does anyone know anything at all about the Mill? Was it water powered, or powered by steam from a wood or Thurber Coal fire, or was it powered by a mule hitched to a lever, which turned the gears_ Was it a syrup mill, like Alfred Scrimscher in Selden- Sims Creek, a feed grinding mill, or a grain grinding mill? Did it supply needs to Thurber city? On one ranch, low grade coal can be picked up on the surface. At the Selden Cotton gin, if you wanted yuour cotton Ginned, Grandad said you had to feed the wood burning furnace for steam power . When Jerry Scrimscher finally took over, many years later, he had Gas or Diesel power for his Selden and Throckmorton Gins. In 1940's , Thurber coal from a surface pit, loaded with a Ford Tractor and front loading scoop was stored at Tarleton Power Plant during WW2 in case the gas or electric supply failed. The Steam radiators were still in classrooms and the central plant supplied the steam for heat. Conmcrete tunnels joined the buildings , with insulated steam pipes, and the tunnels were once used for students and teachers to take shelter from tornadoes. In 1970 0r 80's, Thurber Coal was mined from an open pit at Thurber and used at Chaparrel Steel in Midlothian- Venus area, on Hwy 67. They held the world's record for turning tons of scrap autos into Construction Rebar, and Medical waste was also burned in the furnace. The historic marker at the Thurber smokestack landmark has a marker which says that there is enough coal known to be left there to supply Fort Worth area with fuel for 600 years. Today, there are 4 to 6 - 100 car trains coming through Hewit or McGregor- with Wyoming Coal for San Antonio Elkectric needs. Will Thurber be back- like Grosebeck coal or the planned Riesel Coal - electric plant? seems most of the interest there now is deep natural Gas. Homes in the Paluxy Valley and in Hill County and some Stephenville homes- some two story, 1900's were heated with a Coal burning fireplace. Those living near RR tracks could sometimes pick up chunks of coal along the tracks. Our home in Brandon, 1970's - 2 story- had a 1 chimney- 2 sided Coal Fireplace with an A Frame inside . Iron doors were missing. We burned wood in it. Sorry, I am rambling. Charles A. Wyly On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 18:26:42 EST HJoy926818@aol.com writes: > In a message dated 1/11/2005 6:04:01 AM Central Standard Time, > edlin@htcomp.net writes: > And those with the Brooks name buried there are my family ancestors. > My great grandfather, Hillman Bradford Car(r)away was married to > Amanda Brooks. This was his second wife. Could she be part of your > Brooks family? > Thanks; Shirley > > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > -- Copyright 2005 Author -- All Rights Reserved > Post to List: TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com http://www.selfroots.com > Unsubscribe request To: TXERATH-L-request@rootsweb.com > ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >