Becky - Magnolia Petroleum "full service" stations was quite common in Creek and Pawnee counties. If memory serves me....the logo was a horse with wings outlined in red. We had a Magnolia station in Cleveland, Okla. for many, many years. I assume they were bought by a larger company sometime later. ----- Original Message ----- From: dalton <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 11, 1999 2:51 PM Subject: Re: [OKCREEK-L] photos > Thanks Jack. Have you ever heard of Magnolia Petroleum Company? > > You know I hated history and geography in school. Sure need it now!!! > > Becky > *~Y~* > -----Original Message----- > From: Jack Delmar <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, October 11, 1999 12:50 PM > Subject: Re: [OKCREEK-L] photos > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: dalton <[email protected]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Monday, October 11, 1999 3:27 PM > >Subject: [OKCREEK-L] photos > > > > > >> For those of you who viewed the photos of mine at > >www.rootsweb.com/%7Eokstephe/photo.htm > >> on photo # 009. (the one w/ Mr. Bennett in it) what do you think that > is > >in front of the bldg? Is it a replica of a train engine or possibly the > >shadow from a real one parked near? > >> > >> Becky > >> *~Y~* > >> > >> > >> ==== OKCREEK Mailing List ==== > >> Oklahoma Cemeteries > >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/cemetery/cemetery.htm > >> > > > >I don't think it was a train ,but a wakasha engine they used in the > >powerhouse. A powerhouse was used in those days to run a number of oil > >wells from a central engine house "Powerhouse" it had "rodlines" that ran > >from the powerhouse to 10-20 seperate > >oil wells to keep them pumping. You could hook, unhook rods, to run or > stop > >any oil well from pumping. My dad was a oil field pumper who ran those > >powerhouses in Creek County from the late "40's till his death in Kiefer in > >1968. He was a pumper at Drumright from 1954-1960 , then moved us kids > back > >to Kiefer in 1960 as a pumper. > >He spent all of his oil field carreer with the Tidewater Oil Co. I used to > >spend my summers with my dad at his "leases" and have lots of memories. > > > >Jack Delmar, 3rd generation grad of Kiefer, Okla. > >[email protected] > >www.my-ged.com/delmar > > > > > > > >==== OKCREEK Mailing List ==== > >Your donations to RootsWeb makes OKGenWeb possible. > > RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 > > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > > > > ==== OKCREEK Mailing List ==== > Oklahoma Vital Records Information - > http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/vital/vital.html >