Texaco

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At the old Texaco station, a regular noticed something odd one morning. As he filled up his car, he spied an ancient coin nestled among the pump nozzles. Curious, he picked it up and found that it was a rusty old penny from the 1950s. Smiling, he decided to keep it as a souvenir of his lucky day. From then on, whenever anyone asked for change, ‘the old Texaco guy’ would proudly say, “I’ve got your nickel right here—found it in our pumps!”}

2. One night, a delivery driver pulled up to the Texaco and noticed an eerie humming sound coming from inside the pump area. He shrugged it off until the next day when everyone in the neighborhood started talking about the same noise. Curious, he went back after dark with his friend. They found nothing but an old radio tuned to static—until they realized it was playing their favorite station all along. The whole town had been dancing to its tune ever since.

3. At the Texaco gas station, a delivery driver pulled up one afternoon and heard a voice from inside the empty building. ‘Fill her up,’ said no one in particular, as if the old pump were talking back. The delivery driver laughed it off, thinking maybe an old timer was playing a prank. As he filled his tank, another voice chimed in: 'And don’t forget to check your tire pressure!' Turned out, the place had become a neighborhood hangout for ghostly mechanics who loved giving free advice.

4. One day, as a delivery driver pulled up to fill his tank, he heard over the intercom: ‘Attention, ladies and gentlemen—our new self-service pump only requires you to say “gas please” in Spanish!’ The delivery driver thought for a moment, then said confidently, '¡Gas por favor!' Much to everyone’s surprise, the pump started gushing gas like magic! From that day on, Texaco became known as the place where you could get fuel with just one exotic phrase—and every afternoon, neighbors gathered to practice their Spanish before filling up.