i took a ride to flrence junction today

[azdave35]

i took a ride to florence junction today

i took a ride to FJ today to find the locations of the gas stations and get some pics.....i found both sites....the texaco station and the shell station...the texaco station was on the south side of the old highway as you were entering florence junction from the west...all the foundations are still there including the underground fuel tank....you can see the old cast iron pipes exposed in some places..apparently they didn't have to be very deep back then..no EPA...i took a pic that matches the horizon in the postcard shot from the 1940's...the shell station was a little further east about where highway 79 meets highway 60...it was obviously the same location as the sunkist station from in the pic from 1934...i took a pic that matched the horizon behind the station site...there are still some foundations at the sunkist site but it is now blocked off with fences and gates and a few hateful no trespassing signs...the sight of the present gas station is about 1/4 mile further east on the old highway....i couldnt post a pic of the sunkist station from 1934 but here is a link the the pic:
Photograph of an automobile gas station in Florence Junction, Pinal County (Ariz.) :: Arizona State Archives Historic Photographs

 

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[audigger53]

Now your making me feel old. I stopped there back in '63 for clod drinks and a little gas to get back home to Florence after going up to Canyon Lake fishing.

 

[azdave35]

Now your making me feel old. I stopped there back in '63 for clod drinks and a little gas to get back home to Florence after going up to Canyon Lake fishing.

were both texaco and shell stations still there in 1963?

 

[Carl995]

were both texaco and shell stations still there in 1963?

You would have to look thru that huge pile of maps I gave you!!

 

[azdave35]

You would have to look thru that huge pile of maps I gave you!!

did your dad have any old pics of florence junction?

 

[azdave35]

your dad had so many maps and hand written notes i have just barley scratched the surface...it's going to take a while to go through everything and try to figure out what some of the markings mean

 

[Carl995]

did your dad have any old pics of florence junction?

I wouldn't know, way too much to sort thru.....

 

[Carl995]

your dad had so many maps and hand written notes i have just barley scratched the surface...it's going to take a while to go through everything and try to figure out what some of the markings mean

most of the markings are the codes that were on the saguaros & boulders in that area.

 

[audigger53]

were both texaco and shell stations still there in 1963?

The Texaco was. It also had a counter for ice cream, as well as sodas.