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"A Look Back"
The Stories presented here are about people and events during the early days when
this corner of Colorado was first settled.
Other stories in the "A Look Back" series:
"Bad Man" Bob Meldrum
509 Yampa – Standing the test of time
595 Colorado Street
Al Martinez – a man of faith and leadership
Architect turned homesteader – L. A. Heard
Attractive New Filling Station Nearly Finished
Augusta Wallihan
Bringing a touch of class to Northwest Colorado
Byron Cooper – A man of integrity
Charles and Effie Osborn
Christian Church of Craig – up from the ashes
Christina Murray – last and first
Cosgriff Hotel
Craig airport an important part of city’s history
Craig Armory building an important part of history
Craig Becomes An Official Town
Craig Bottling Works
Craig drugstores
Craig Motel
Craig, Colorado The First Twenty Years
Craig’s early Motels
Craig’s oldest continuous retail business still going strong
D. W. Diamond, Photographer
D.W. Diamond
Doc Montgomery Early Craig Cobbler
Drawing the lines of a new territory
Duffy Tunnel
Elsie Wingo
Ersel Deakins – A man of Craig
George and Julia Welch – part of Craig’s founding tapestry
Gregory Cash Grocery
Hamilton Hamlet Home to Hundreds
Historical Church Changes With Time
Historical Movers and Shakers
I.P. Beckett – born to lead
J.J. Stanton – One of Craig’s early movers
John and Fern Sherman
Joseph S. Collom, Pioneer Axial Basin Rancher
Joseph S. Collom, Pioneer Axial Basin Rancher
Julia Carpenter – Craig’s grand Lady
L.S. “Ted” McCandless – caring for Craig
Ladore Canyon Dam Project
Lawrence couple strong supporters of Craig
Lay, Colorado
Lewis M. Hellebust, photographer
Loyd DeuPree III
Martin Lukas – Bohemian homesteader
Mary Wiley Humphrey
Maurice Flynn heads for Hollywood…and back…and back
Mining something
Moblile Economy Run
Moffat County High School – history repeats itself
Moffat County homesteader goes to State
Moffat County’s railroad legacy
One Boy's Life
P. F. Kremer, Artist and Homesteader
Persinger sisters showed true style
Piecing together a good life
R.V. Bryan Helped To Lay The Foundations of Craig
Rangewars - Sheep Massacre on the Yampa
Red Wash Jones
Rev. J. N. Bridges
Rosetta Webb-McKinney – an early Craig dynamo
Russell Coles – Keeping the books for Moffat County
Sawtooth Range Riders
Sheep industry/Winder
Stoddards recorded the history of Craig as they lived it
Teacher brings Europe to Craig
The Bilsing Family
The Crosthwaites – providing a legacy of excellence
The Fuss family – Bringing the staff of life to Craig
The Future of Craig
The last of the bad good guys
The last passenger train to Craig
The Legacy of Tracy & Lant
The lost Freeman grave
The Osborn clan grows up and out
Tragedy at Wadge Mine Part 1
Tragedy At Wadge Mine Part 2
Tragedy At Wadge Mine Part 3
Tragedy At Wadge Mine Part 4
Tragedy At Wadge Mine Part 5
Tragedy At Wadge Mine Part 6
Victory Highway
W.P. Irwin – Pharmacist and friend of Craig
Wantland – hope or speculation?
Washington Held – a friend of Craig
William Penn Finley – Supporter of Craig and her people
William Terrill – keeping the peace
Yampa Canyon
Craig’s Early Gas Stations
By Dan Davidson
 With the dramatic decline in gas prices over the last several months after record highs this summer, a fill up doesn’t seem to hurt nearly so bad, at least for a while.
It seemed a review of Craig’s historic filling stations might be in order.
With the dramatic increase in vehicle ownership around World War I one of the first things to appear we’re the old fashioned gas hand pumps. They usually appeared around garages and sometimes near livery stables which were fast becoming a thing of the past.
The first buildings to be constructed for filing stations began to appear in the late teens or early 1920’s. They too we’re usually short lived as they we’re replaced by the modern stations of the 1930’s and 40’s.
Today the oldest service station structure in Craig is the old Oriental station built in 1937. Today it is the home to Smoker Friendly at 40 East Victory Way. A 1946 photo of the station shows the price was 17.9 per gallon.
 The first Texaco station on the northeast corner of East Victory Way and Yampa Ave. was built in the late 1920’s. The structure of one of it’s replacement stations today is still in use as the new Christian School at that same location.
 In 1928 the Craig Motor Company at 555 Yampa Ave. had three pumps in the middle of sidewalk. Today this building with major changes is the home of the Community Budget Center.
This one pump station was located on the southeast corner of West Victory Way and Breeze Street. The City garage site would later be the home of the Ferguson Douglas garage which was torn down a number of years ago. Today the site is a vacant lot.
##image4## The small brick station on the southeast corner of East Victory Way and Yampa Ave. was built in the summer of 1921. It was torn down in 1931 to make way for it’s modern replacement which was torn down over 30 years ago. Today the site is a parking lot. The event taking place in the intersection in this 1926 photograph was the dedication to mark the completion of the new Texaco refinery located just west of Craig.
This station could be the first station built in Craig around 1917. It stood on the northeast corner of West Victory Way and Breeze Street. Harry Hansen ran this Conoco station for many years until he sold out in 1948. It was torn down shortly after, and today the site is home to the Elk’s Lodge.
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