~ Historical Tidbits ... WINNERS ~

~ A DAY IN HISTORY ~

Marker Text
At this site in Dec. 1913, Gulf Refining Co. opened the first drive-in facility designed and built to provide gasoline, oils, and lubricants to the motoring public. Its success led to construction of thousands of gas stations by different oil companies across the nation

Behind the Marker
Prior to the construction of the first Gulf station in Pittsburgh and the countless filling stations that followed throughout the United States, automobile drivers pulled into almost any old general or hardware store, or even blacksmith shops in order to fill up their tanks.

Gulf Refining was the first company to professionalize the service. The decision to open the first station along Baum Boulevard in Pittsburgh was no accident. By 1913 when the station was opened, Baum Boulevard had become known as "automobile row" because of the high number of dealerships that were located along the thoroughfare

Gulf executives must have figured that there was no better way to get the public hooked on using filling stations than if they could pull right in and gas up their new car after having just driven it off the lot.

In addition to gas, the Gulf station also offered free air and water and it sold the first commercial road maps in the United States. Fortunately, since Gulf was already an industrial giant early in the twentieth century, they were able to take the risk in launching a business venture that ultimately paid off, and would forever change the face of the American landscape

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1824 ~ The presidential election was turned over to the US House of Representatives when a deadlock developed between John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, William H. Crawford & Henry Clay. Adams ended up the winner.

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1955 ~ Rose Parks, a seamstress, refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, AL., city bus. Mrs. Parks was arrested, sparking a yearlong boycott of the buses.

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NEW GIVEAWAY ~ will be posted tomorrow. This is the final HUGE giveaway that will be drawn on Dec. 8th (rather than the 7th) ... again there will be several selections to choose from.

*****WINNERS*****

Julie Marie ~ Idyllhours ~ won #1 giveaway gift

Terry ~ TerryTreasures ~ won #2 giveaway gift

Patti Page ~ The Enchanted Realm ~ won #3 giveaway gift (Pop over & VISIT our new blogger friend)

Congratulations ladies.

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