This is where the map shall forever live: www.google.com/maps/d/u/1/edit?mid=1_TIbdJ2GSkbXzU4rCEKEvt-kcR2tOwc&usp=sharing I'll update it if I get more stations!

@martinsto8190

9 ай бұрын

9:48 yeah near the painted ladies. hopefully you got to see san francisco's new muni station yerba buena & chinatown-rose pak, and the electrification of CalTrain

@GearsDatPowerDaTubes

9 ай бұрын

Standard oil never really died, but its branding was entirely rebadged besides these few exceptional stations!

@owenstockwood5040

8 ай бұрын

For those wondering, 7 of the 13 stations on the map are marked on Google maps as Standard stations from overhead, with many of those also marked as Chevron. The other 6 only have Chevron tags.

@paintbrushpanda9802

5 ай бұрын

Idaho weirdly enough has a newly built second Standard station at 4870 N Ten Mile Rd. in Meridian. Like the one at 3200 W. State in Boise it has Chevron pumps, but the signage is all Standard.

Big shout-out to Dick's 63 years of work on his gas station, must mean the world to him. Love hearing the stories of elderly people.

@robinmichel9048

9 ай бұрын

I love coming across genuine service stations that are owner operated. Such a rarity anymore.

@GearsDatPowerDaTubes

9 ай бұрын

Was he aware of the Standard branding? He referred to his station as a "Chevron".

@evandonovan9239

9 ай бұрын

@@GearsDatPowerDaTubes I've discovered through looking at licenses that individual gas stations have names. So he probably picked that name since the main brand that people are familiar with these days is Chevron.

@MajorOutage

8 ай бұрын

@@robinmichel9048 There's a full-service Citgo station near me that's celebrating its 70th year being owned and operated by the same family.

I live in an old Standard Oil company town. The city is literally named after the refinery. It was their second refinery in California. So they named it “The Second” in Spanish. Thats how we got El Segundo, California.

@PhilEdwardsInc

9 ай бұрын

i had no idea

@andrewlalis

8 ай бұрын

​@@PhilEdwardsIncnow you do

@MacrobianNomad

6 ай бұрын

I left my wallet in el segundo

@TimeLemur6

6 ай бұрын

Was it your second wallet?

Props to the Atlanta guy for his small blurb on the highway that was planned to go through the Va-Hi neighborhood. A little piece of history that you don't hear about enough

@TySpiceland

9 ай бұрын

So fitting that the hipster chevron lives in the most hipster neighborhood in the city…

People thought I was crazy for stopping at the Standard station in Lake Worth, FL to take pictures of a gas station. Thanks for explaining how that happened.

@PhilEdwardsInc

9 ай бұрын

good call!!! i did have a guy come talk to me while i was filming - he was also mystified!

I had a real "wait, what?" moment the first time I encountered one of these Standard branded stations. It was the first time I'd driven down into the US. I believe it was the same Bellevue, WA location on your map. The most disconcerting thing for me was that it used the contemporary Chevron graphic logo and typeface. I've seen closed/abandoned Standard stations here in Canada with remnants of old branding, but it's not something I anticipated seeing in a modern day context.

@PhilEdwardsInc

9 ай бұрын

i wish i could have just randomly seen it i think i would have been even more mystified!

In El Segundo, CA, right next to LAX, there is a Chevron refinery. El Segundo got its name because at the time of its founding, it was Standard Oil's second refinery. A few streets over from the refinery is Standard Street upon which a local sports bar is called Standard Station. So, yes, I have been to a Standard Station

@PhilEdwardsInc

9 ай бұрын

haha google kept sending me to this bar

Thanks for making me realise having a Chevron across the street from an Esso is weird.

the travel montage joke made this video greater than standard

@MajorOutage

8 ай бұрын

And then ending the video in a "random park" while talking about landmarks.

The fact that "Esso" is just the acronym of Standard Oil spelled differently is just...it hits really hard :D. It reminds me of the Formula 1 Team Torro Rosso which is just Red Bull, but Italian - and way more obvious if you look at it. Thanks for the cool video =)

What's interesting here is that brreaking up Standard actually worked and they actually chose to diversify and compete against one another. If something like this were broken up today, problems with the trademark would probably be used as a reason why they couldn't compete in one another's territory, like how AT&T/Verison keep to their turfs and airlines get worse in a surprisingly synchronised fashion.

@SayAhh

9 ай бұрын

SO and Ma Bell managed to merge many of the companies regulators forced to split up. DOJ and FTC are still being way too influenced by Wall Street lobbyists. How about Make Regulators Powerful Again instead?

@RaymondHng

7 ай бұрын

Well, AT&T Corporation had to divest its regional Bell Operating Companies into seven Baby Bells: BellSouth, Ameritech, Pacific Telesis, Southwestern Bell, Bell Atlantic, NYNEX, and US West. AT&T continued to operate long-distance services. Later, Southwestern Bell acquired Pacific Telesis and Ameriech and renamed itself to SBC. Then, SBC purchased its former parent, AT&T, and BellSouth and renamed itself to AT&T. Bell Atlantic acquired NYNEX and later GTE to form Verizon. US West merged with Qwest and later CenturyLink to form Lumen Technologies.

There was a Standard Oil of Ohio, too. It was renamed Sohio and I remember it from life in Ohio. It merged with BP in the 1980s and the gas stations were rebranded as BP America. They keep the Sohio name in use at marinas for stations selling fuel for boats. The Wikipedia page hints that the Standard Oil name is also kept in use there and in state parks. Bowling Green, KY has a restored Standard Oil station dating back to 1921.

My grandpa and great grandpa owned and operated a Standard gas station way back when. It was originally opened in 1953 in Colorado. They continued to sell gas through at least the late 1960s, when they switched to just a repair shop and dropped the Standard name. They remained in business (without selling gas) until 2015 when my uncle passed away, and the building was renovated and turned into a farm to table restaurant. It's actually pretty cool what they've done with it. My sister and I requested to keep the signs from out front, and learned that they were the original Standard Oil signs, just turned around backwards and the new non-Standard branding painted on the back of them. Also stuffed into the rafters when they closed up shop was the sideboards for their old shop truck, and I have those too.

“San Francisco’s most iconic landmark - the Standard Gas Station” is honestly such an American thing to say 😂

@JeffMeisenhelder

9 ай бұрын

Especially as he was standing/blocking the Painted Ladies in San Francisco.

@PhilEdwardsInc

9 ай бұрын

and yet all americans agree with that exact sentiment, crazy

@arsinclair

9 ай бұрын

no doubt :)@@PhilEdwardsInc

@PMickeyDee

9 ай бұрын

Okay so if that's the most American thing, what do you think about Texans willingness to fight over buckees?

@gravityissues5210

9 ай бұрын

Inability to understand humor is honestly such a KZread comment section thing.

Love it! I had heard the story about Chevron pissing in the corner in order to continue claim the "Standard" brand. Living in SF, I have even gotten stuck having to buy gas at this very Standard station. It isn't the cheapest station in SF. But, I can say I got gas from a Standard station.

I live in the Bay Area and every time I'm in San Francisco and happen to drive by this gas station, I always think about why it exists. I explained it to a group of friends the other day and they were kind of impressed 😅

I've lived in SF and passed by that Chevron, uh I mean Standard countless times but never noticed it was a Standard. Fascinating. Thanks so much for that.

@jeff__w

9 ай бұрын

I've passed by that station countless times, too, and, while I knew it was a “Standard,” I just figured it was one of those corporate branding variations like Hellmann's/Best Foods east and west of the Rockies, respectively.

@OmegaSparky

9 ай бұрын

Van Ness and Pine I always figured it was some Standard Oil relic chicanery. Nice to hear where the Esso name came from. Did a 🤦 because I never thought of that.

Such a random topic, I love it. My Dad was a Chevron station owner and mechanic all his life. I grew up around it and worked at the station store in high school (30 years ago when gas was $0.97/ gallon). My name-embroidered Chevron mechanic uniform shirt remains one of my prized possessions. If only it still fit... 😂

Phil - my favorite part of your style is that it imparts a sincere feeling that you are living your best life and I am happy to witness it.

I learned about this legal fact several years ago, but not with Standard/Chevron, but with Super America/Speedway. The last Super America store in Kentucky is at the corner of Tates Creek Rd and Mailibu Dr in Lexington, KY, still using the last logo it had before it merged with Speedway in the late 1990s.

I remember when the Amoco stations in Indiana still carried the Standard branding over the Amoco torch. It was that way into the early 80s at least. (And every time I pass the station in Bellevue I always check to see if it's still a Standard!)

This has changed my life forever; I doubt I'll ever stop looking to see if the random Chevron I stop at isn't really a Standard.

Hard to believe that many of the stations we use were once all Standard. They were everywhere in Australia in the 70's, and Exxon/Mobil still uses the name quite a bit.

I knew about this for years, and having driven past that station countless times I recognized it right away from your thumbnail... Still watched the whole thing cuz I love your quirky way of presenting things.

Dude, it's not something special, it's standard. You made a whole video about this? 😏 Thanks Phil.

@ronfleming8775

9 ай бұрын

The word 'standard' had different connotations back then. IRC its original meaning was a kind of battle flag. Over time, it came to suggests something more like 'stand-out' and from there morphed into setting the bar and then downgraded into typical.

@dakf660

9 ай бұрын

@@ronfleming8775seriously?

@UltimateKyuubiFox

9 ай бұрын

@@dakf660It makes sense when you think of phrases like “gold standard”.

@BurritoKingdom

9 ай бұрын

​@@dakf660 standard bearer

@mercster

9 ай бұрын

@@ronfleming8775 I'm a well read and decently educated 46 year old man who is very familiar with the several meanings of standard. It was a joke, a "pun" if you will, playing on these varied meanings. This MIGHT explain the "winky face" I gave. Thanks though?

We have something similar here in Germany. The Gas Station brand DEA was closed down in the early 2000s, but there was still ONE operating in the late 2010s, to keep the trademark. I've only recently read, that this gas station also closed down and was demolished. Interesting story though!

@schnelma605

9 ай бұрын

Another spontaneous example from Germany, but from the financial industry. When Commerzbank took over Dresdner Bank, all but one of the bank branches were renamed. Dresdner Bank was once the third-largest German bank (in terms of total assets). It was (also) done to retain trademark rights

@enisra_bowman

9 ай бұрын

the best thing about that Story is: they moved it and there is still that one last DEA but at a different location

@GiladPellaeon

9 ай бұрын

@@enisra_bowman Oh really? I thought the Haltern location was the last one. Nice to know! I still remember the commercial jingles!

@enisra_bowman

9 ай бұрын

@@GiladPellaeon the "new" one is in Lichtenfels, only that it's flagged as Shell on Maps, but, thanks to Streetview you can look at it

It's quite fascinating how you can make basically a paragraph of a text into a whole video that's interesting and funny throughout. Thank you. I'm not even American but it was still interesting.

"Its perfect!"...except for that price! $5.59?!?!! I bought a hybrid, so its been a while since I've been to a gas station! Wonderful episode- not just about Chevron/Standard, but branding, and our perception (or lack thereof).

Poland’s Orlen also has two gas stations that use two old brands for trademark protection purposes. What’s more interesting is that one of those stations had the modern brand up until 2018, so it was a rebranding; the other station was either rebranded or possibly even built from scratch under the old brand (also in 2018).

This is the perfect representation of what it feels like to go down a rabbit hole with your friends on something you just learned about that no person would normally care for.

That's amazing!! I happen to live in Beaverton, OR with my girlfriend and we visit her parents up in Bellevue, WA every so often. We have definitely passed by both of the Standard Stations without any knowledge of the history. But now will keep it in mind whenever we go!

6:30 We have always had Esso stations in Canada for as long as I can remember - the name was a bit weird but I never really thought about it. Then when I eventually saw the prominent Esso station in the French film The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) I began to assume that the name came from the French word "essence" which means gas or petrol. But then later on in life when I discovered it stood for Eastern States Standard Oil I went down the Standard Oil rabbit hole 😵‍💫

Old brand names come and go - I work at the British Motor Museum and most of the vehicle brands (Austin, Morris, Triumph, Standard too!) we display are now defunct. What were once household names are now little known apart from enthusiasts and those who were alive when they were on the road.

Great video ❤. In St. Louis we have a locally famous old Amaco gas station that has a HUGE sign from the 1960s. Drive by it all the time. Have a great day Phil! ❤

Wild.. I got gas at the Chevron on Van Ness in SF yesterday, and thought about how the sign said Standard. You just saved me a Google search. Thanks!

Huh, despite my grandfather being a Standard Oil foreman (the Indiana one) and me having some sense that there was more than one Standard Oil, I am pretty sure I never knew about the 1911 breakup. Truly a delightful journey

I always get a kick out of seeing Sinclair Oil signs these days. That dinosaur is iconic. But this also reminded me of when my friend told me to stop at a Kum & Go when I traveled across Iowa for their soda slushies. I did, and I got the shirt too!

@Ashley-xu1lk

9 ай бұрын

There's a Sinclair gas station by me! It might be the only one I've ever seen, but vaguely feel like I've passed by a few others. Anyway, love that little dino icon too!

@PhilEdwardsInc

9 ай бұрын

i am a big dino fan as well

@KasumiKenshirou

9 ай бұрын

I've never had Sinclair stations around where I live, but had seen them on vacation as a kid. Sinclair was the name of the family on the Jim Henson's Dinosaurs sitcom, and the dad's boss was B.P. Richfield.

Phil, thank you for this journey. I didn't expect to be so intrigued about a gas station.

What they did to Standard needs doing to loads of companies today! Microsoft, Amazon, United health group, McKesson etc. all basically monopolies

Great video! I knew that companies like Exxon and Amoco were remnants of Standard Oil, but I didn’t know that Chevron was its continuation. Amazing stuff! ❤

@AaronOfMpls

8 ай бұрын

If you're curious about more Standard Oil successor companies, see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Successors_of_Standard_Oil

Phil, you are my favorite kind of a weirdo. Please never stop making these videos.

Can always count on Phil to bring you these weird niche stories, long may they continue! 😊

I knew that I had seen the Standard gas station in Phoenix before!!! I recognized it immediately from David's video -- it is down the street from where I went to high school. I've driven past it thousands of times, pretty sure I even asked my parents and one point why it was called Standard and they had no idea

I adore Phil, but now I think I love him. Great video, the editing was amazing!

"When light breaks upon her face I never thought such beauty I might see" Holy Christ, is that original or a quotation? I don't care if it's about a gas station...it's incredibly moving! (I actually had to pause the video to give that statement the thought it deserves.) ❤

@PhilEdwardsInc

9 ай бұрын

just inspired by the moment

@AC-ih7jc

9 ай бұрын

@@PhilEdwardsInc There is a poet in you, my friend. 👏

All of the daughter oil companies of Standard Oil maintained Standard stations in their own logo. You see less of them as they have recombined. I can remember not too many years ago an Amoco styled sign labeled Standard. Exxon always kept a few Esso stations as Esso was simply the pronunciation of S.O. for Standard Oil.

Intriguing and hilarious, as always. I didn't know much about the S.O. breakup, so this was very informative. I'll be on the lookout for these stations in the future

@JV-pu8kx

9 ай бұрын

Similar thing happened with the branding when Ma Bell was broken up. Look at many of the "Baby Bells": Bell Atlantic, Bell South, Pacific Bell, etc. In Maryland and Virginia, we had C&P Telephone* which became Bell Atlantic which became Verizon. *Chesapeake and Patomac.

@Bacopa68

9 ай бұрын

@@JV-pu8kx And Now Southwestern Bell , aka SBC, now owns the AT&T brand.

If you want to do more old school gas stations that are still alive, cross the Bay to Sinclair station in Oakland next to Alameda. It even has the old brontosaurus logo.

I'm glad you got a pilgrimage out the way of your life Phil, good for you Also the sign falling when you mention who's created an epoch... Ah that's so... C'est la vie, and very "Hallmark Phil video moment" 8:21 where I live (North and South of Canada) for that gas cost I can get 2.2 something gallons... Granted I also live near a refinery, and an international line on a map

@RidTheKid

9 ай бұрын

I live in Texas, where a lot of US oil comes from, and when I saw those prices I was like... YIKES!! \

@Kalimac10

9 ай бұрын

thats california for ya lol. I think the cheapest i have seen recently is like 4.90 something and that was at costco

Phil's title is "Content". Phil is Content. Seems accurate.

I love how at 9:45 Phil says "I thought I would just stop at this RANDOM park" (San Francisco's very famous Alamo Square) and then say "San Francisco's most iconic landmark, the Standard gas station." Classic Phil. Love it!

Enjoyed searching this out for you. What an interesting story

A love letter to a gas station. God, I love this channel. 🤣😍

This the standard type of content I expect from Mr. Edwards.

Excellent. I could see this happening to Disney.

This is classic Phil Edwards. I always look forward to another interesting stroll through 20th century history. BTW, thanks for recommending Faultline. It is an excellent channel.

Woah, so strange to see a video about the gas station around the corner from me! Thanks for the video, I was always so curious about it.

Whoa, I’ve lived in SF for 25 years and not only driven by the Standard gas station on Van Ness but filled up there many a time and NEVER noticed it was a Standard Oil. Lol. Great video, Phil!

Well, it's always nice to have a hobby... 🤓 Great job, Phil! And PLEASE tell me that the sign falling at 5:15 was actually a spontaneous occurrence. Because that would be solid proof that there is Actual Good in the world.

@PhilEdwardsInc

9 ай бұрын

coincidence! though it did end up falling like two more times haha. i am bad at tape

@perrybarton

9 ай бұрын

@@PhilEdwardsInc May be, but you couldn't have asked for better timing!

What an interesting video. Reminds me of the time I visited the only Highland-branded petrol station on the Isle of Skye (located in Staffin) a few months back.

In the first 5 seconds of the video, I thought you were going to that station in LA (Mobil by the Beverly Center) that has abnormally high gas prices that news stations and newspapers always use to highlight how crazy California gas prices are.

@PhilEdwardsInc

9 ай бұрын

that's a funny idea actually

When I lived in Chicago about 25 years ago, they're was one BP/Amoco station that was Standard branded. It had the Amoco torch, but the word Standard in it.

Glad I'm not the only one who's really interested in the regionalities of gas stations lol

Ed's Standard Service in Durand Michigan (220 N Saginaw St) is still around - looking on Google maps they use both the Standard torch and BP signs.

Here's maybe the most weird association someone could have from this video: I'm reminded of Bosnian Bill, locksmith and lockpicker who likes disassembling locks. For every pin he removes, he states what it is, and for a low grade lock he will say: "Standard! Standard! Standard!" as each pin is a standard pin, as opposed to a security pin.

Actually, the whole standard oil/Rockefeller story is intriguing, how someone became filthy rich of a product that was once discarded, and that had such an impact on our society, for the better and the worse, because it not only caused progression in many ways, but also managed to poison our planet by doing so. Also the fact that the republican Roosevelt tackled this trust because he saw it as a threat, is fascinating, many contemporary politicians could take lessons from this. Thanks for the story and upload.

Did you walk through the Stockton Tunnel, then climb Nob Hill, then go all the way to Van Ness on foot??? Regardless that was such a beautiful montage it was well worth the effort ❤

@PhilEdwardsInc

9 ай бұрын

haha yes. listen, i'm not gonna lie, i was pretty scared in the tunnel

The sign falling after the epoch bit is just ::chef’s kiss::

@PhilEdwardsInc

9 ай бұрын

that sign has a mind of its own

So here in Canada, we have ESSO.. pronounced S-O. And they use a well known Oval logo…

@kutter_ttl6786

9 ай бұрын

Travelling down to the US, I would sometimes wonder why Exxon was used there, but up here they went with Esso. I guess because Standard Oil wasn't a thing in Canada, they didn't see a need to rebrand it to Exxon.

@Bacopa68

9 ай бұрын

@@kutter_ttl6786 The rebrand happened in the seventies I think it may be related to the old 1911 case.

Haha, this is so well made Phil!

@PhilEdwardsInc

9 ай бұрын

highly recommend these gas stations if you ever do a tour of the states

@lewispotts

9 ай бұрын

@@PhilEdwardsInc been there many times but yet to do a gas station tour… I’ll add it to the bucket list

7:48 Stockton Tunnel in San Francisco 7:51 Sacramento Street 7:56 Fairmont Hotel 7:58 Sacramento Street between Mason and Jones 8:06 Sacramento Street and Polk Street 8:09 Van Ness Avenue between Sacramento and California 8:15 Van Ness Avenue and California Street

Was curious to know more about the history of standard oil and why they were broken up. Guess I'll have to wait for an episode of the Well There's Your Problem Podcast for it.

@PhilEdwardsInc

9 ай бұрын

Yeah I was tempted but felt there was enough in the naming history that i could add value in. i read this a million years ago and remember little, but it was good:

@PhilEdwardsInc

9 ай бұрын

www.amazon.com/Titan-Life-John-Rockefeller-Sr/dp/1400077303?nodl=1&dplnkId=dcc1086e-6bc0-46c6-a8a8-f5197eeaf7b0

As a San Franciscan, I hope the freshly updated Van Ness Ave. worked out for you. It was a long time in the making.

Sorry you had to travel so far to see something I live (literally) less than a mile from. But despite all the times I've passed it, I never knew its unique story!

Well done! So well written and edited!!!

You've just leveled up on the geekiness. Enjoyed the video

I got gas at that Standard in Frisco last year. I was 2000km from home, I assumed it was a California thing to have Standard stations. 🤷 I didn't realize it was the only one in the state! I worked at Chevron here in British Columbia (I'm not aware of the Chevron name being used anywhere in eastern Canada) twenty something years ago as a teen. The Standard name was seen on various paperwork and whatnot, so I already had the two connected in my head and it wasn't a real surprise to find a station under that name. In Canada, Standard Oil was bought by Imperial Oil, but both names persisted on paper until quite recently when they got out of the retail game and sold the whole Chevron chain to Parkland Fuels.

How have I never noticed this! I have driven by the one in ATL for decades and never connected the dots. Thank you!

Banger

@PhilEdwardsInc

9 ай бұрын

🫡

Your videos are all next level dude. great work.

This video was amazing Phil! Keep up the great work!

@PhilEdwardsInc

8 ай бұрын

thank ya!

I started to watch this without knowing when it was recorded/posted. As a SF native and current Bay Area resident, I wasn't sure what you were going to find at that location. It had closed down sometime during Covid and while the MUNI Transportation on was gutting Van Ness to put in new transit stops. So it was holding on with hope that it was reopened and still a Standard, although having filled my tank up there often, I couldn't tell you which one it was. Because I always thought all locations were Chevron. Great story.

Great video. We were in Beaverton, OR recently and drove past the Standard Station a few times! Thanks Phil.

I work in Midland, TX and I am a delivery driver for fuels and lubricants. Our biggest vendor is Chevron. I will definitely be paying more attention if anything with the Standard name rolls in and be stopping at the Standard station.

I stayed at the holiday inn across from the standard station in San Francisco a few times and I always was curious why it was a standard station, Great video and history

Love when you upload, Ty.

I can't believe I went to elementary, middle, and high school just down the block from a Standard station and never realized it was different from Chevron until I saw it here

Super cool, interesting video, great information. Thank you m, so much for another great video.

Here in New Zealand Standard Oil of California is named Caltex instead of Chevron, so they are really hedging with these names. Funny that two big rival states share a trademark in California-Texas.

The most US-American thing ever: Celebrating capitalism doing capitalistic things. 🗽

Love it! So random for me (I'm from Poland, didn't know that esso is connected with this) but so interesting and it draw me in. Thank you for this entertaining video. From Poland with love ❤️

I was looking for old gas stations that had the classic 5 section design with small cash register room, garage, two tiny bathrooms that opened to the outside and small office/storeroom in the back. From the 50's they are rare today.

Algorithmic punch! Quite a gas, this video

Chevron isn't the only one to do this though. BP, which bought the origination Standard Oil (of Ohio), actually kept a few Standard Stations over the years. When they merged with Standard of Indiana (Amoco), and converted most to the new BP, they did some shuffling, and now they use the "Torch and Oval" (from Amoco) for their Standard Stations. ExxonMobil does something similar for their few Standard stations (as they had a much smaller footprint at the time of the breakup. The thing about the trademark, is that they are only allowed it in the states that they operated at the time of the breakup (or their predecessor companies operated). The reason there are a few Chevron states without Standard stations is that Chevron bought or expanded into that state, but another Standard Oil company was already operating there and kept the trademark alive.

@PhilEdwardsInc

8 ай бұрын

maybe that's the deal with louisiana. (just trying to figure the discrepancies with my map from the 90s)

I love how random your interest are. I am 100% here for it. Saw the thumbnail and was like, yep!

I love how you put the sign next to the “crazy” box!

The "H" in Humble oil is silent 😉 I'm originally from there and we lovingly pick on everyone who pronounces the H so I kidd I kidd, love your content! It's just a friendly ice breaker thing natives do! Speaking of H.O. if you know where to look (and a lot of locals don't even know this) original pump jacks as old as the 1920's still exist left abandoned all over the place, what woods are left anyway. Hughes Co built a lot of it, manufactured and supplied the tooling all within 25 miles (Hughes, as in the co Howard Hughes' dad created). Believe it or not even the original Hughes building still exists, abandoned, in east Houston. The house I grew up in and most of the post-50's development in and around Humble was built on top of one of the many oil patches all over the Humble area. I'd always wondered about the Standard brand and had no idea it was this complicated. More complicated than Texaco and Humble Oil for sure!

Phil Edwards: Content ... love it

Now that I think about it, I swear I've seen a Standard place before. There may have been one once in Athens, Georgia.

My friend used to work at the Standard station in Eastgate , Bellevue Wa. I would hang out with him in the gas station booth overnight listening to rock music and being teenagers doing teenager things. I lived about a mile and a half from there.