November 07, 2007

FILL'er UP please !


The Tower Conoco, a sort of Taj Mahal of Texas gas stations, was built in 1935 when times were hard. Situated at an important intersection of former Route 66 and Highway 83, it would’ve been the first ‘foreign’ station encountered by Oklahomans heading west on their famous exodus from the Dust Bowl.The station has recently been restored and is now one of the more famous artifacts on old 66 (currently Interstate 40).