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My America: Hometown Icons
As a child my school bus passed by this oil derrick on the way to my elementary school and it was easily seen from the playground. I never realized what a rarity it was until it was destroyed in a tornado and it needed to be rebuilt.
The refinery in my hometown has the distinction of being the oldest with 126 years of continuous operation. We also usually have the highest gas prices in the state! On the day of this post we were paying $2.69 a gallon. Our local roads are full of pickup trucks and SUVs, but with the high cost of food nobody could afford to fill up as evidenced by the lack of vehicles on 219.
If you have ever owned a Zippo, it was made in my hometown. Before my sister Kathy moved to Florida she worked there for 10 years or so. The above photo is of the museum which is just down the road from the factory and can be seen from 219. The economic downturn has resulted in hundreds of layoffs and its sister company Case cutlery announcing in today's paper another 45 laid off.
As a child my school bus passed by this oil derrick on the way to my elementary school and it was easily seen from the playground. I never realized what a rarity it was until it was destroyed in a tornado and it needed to be rebuilt.
The refinery in my hometown has the distinction of being the oldest with 126 years of continuous operation. We also usually have the highest gas prices in the state! On the day of this post we were paying $2.69 a gallon. Our local roads are full of pickup trucks and SUVs, but with the high cost of food nobody could afford to fill up as evidenced by the lack of vehicles on 219.
If you have ever owned a Zippo, it was made in my hometown. Before my sister Kathy moved to Florida she worked there for 10 years or so. The above photo is of the museum which is just down the road from the factory and can be seen from 219. The economic downturn has resulted in hundreds of layoffs and its sister company Case cutlery announcing in today's paper another 45 laid off.
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