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Oh wow! What a small world! I’d love to know if that gas station is still there. There is one that is closed but still standing between Chelsea and Vinita that I drive by all the time.
Thank you! To answer your question, it is mine… well, it will be very soon! Haha! It’s actually a digital drawing I did of one my dad and I are building. We’re doing that one for me and an orange stained version for my best friend. Here’s a couple shots of the three of us working on them.
The gas station is no longer there. I believe that Lakeside State Bank is where it was. The reason we moved is that Route 66 was being widened, and my dad found out that the existing driveway to the station was already in the highway right-of-way. After my parents sold the gas station in the spring of 1957, we drove to Disneyland for a vacation. When we returned, my dad ran a little ice house and bait shop on Vine Street for the summer just north of the police station. We lived around the corner on Fifth Street, close to the Baptist church, which was under construction then.
I know exactly where you’re talking about! In fact, some family friends our now building a retro-style service station on the opposite side of 66. We live on Hickory, so not far at all from where you were. We’re blessed to have an electric fridge though!
