Phillips 66 Gas

I started noticing them in New Mexico and then continued to see them in Texas and so far in Oklahoma. We still have several states to travel before reaching home. I decided to do a Google search and on Wikipedia I learned that it was founded by L. E. Phillips and Frank Phillips in Bartlesville, Oklahoma and incorporated on June 13, 1917.

In 1927, the company was testing gas on US Highway 66 in Oklahoma and when it turned out that the car was going 66 miles per hours, it named its new fuel Phillips 66. At that time 66 MPH was considered fast.

The first Phillips 66 service station opened November 19, 1927 at 805 E. Central in Wichita, Kansas. This station has been preserved. The Phillips 66 shield logo created to link to the famous highway Route 66 was introduced in 1930. It was black and orange for about 30 years. In 1959, the revised shield of red, black & white was introduced and still in used.