Vintage Texaco gas station draws growing number of visitors
Ever since it was restored, the vintage Texaco gas station in Rawlins has turned into quite the hidden attraction. Motorists from all around will on occasion stop, snap photos and tour the place. Located on the city’s main thoroughfare, the historic building includes original gas pumps and indoor exhibits. Photo by Ray K. Erku, Rawlins Times
From the Gillette News Record: RAWLINS — What illuminates the night with its bright-red, manually-operated pumps and its iconic Texaco sign, there’s a gas station in Rawlins that keeps motorists stopping for everything other than a quick fill up.
Found on E. Cedar Street, the Hays Texaco Station, a neatly-restored house of petrol originally built in 1920, is like putting the shifter in reverse and accelerating far enough until you reach James Dean.
At least, according to the Hays, the family who owns the station and has operated the same area truck-hauling business for the past 100 years, this place is simply a vintage piece of uncut Americana.
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Photo: courtesy Justkids
From Fast Company: Fort Smith—the second-largest city in Arkansas—lies on the border of Oklahoma and boasts a modest 88,000 residents. The city, named for its 19th-century military outpost for the western frontier, is known for landmarks like its Riverfront Amphitheater and Belle Grove Historic District, a 22-block stretch of 25 restored, historic homes. Recently, a group of artists and curators gave the city a new landmark: a deserted, 1950s-era gas station, reimagined by French artist Camille Walala as a vibrant urban destination covered in op art-style graphics.