1947. Damn that was a year. I come here after the war. Took the $500 I got from the VA and bought this place.

It wasn't a Conoco back then. I called it "Tony's Goods and Sundries." I like the ring of it.

I added the pumps in '59 cause some fast talkin son-of-a-you-know-what, convinced me that I could "rake in the dough." Pain in the ass, is what it was.

After all that noise and fire over in Europe all I wanted was a little peace and quiet.

I tell you, this was the place.

Lord, the stars at night--they'd take your breath away to look up at all that. Just take your breath right away.


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This story was created at the 1st Annual Digital Storytelling Festival
©1995 by Greg Roach