Petrified Wood Gas Station

Marvel at this fabulously unique 1930s gas station constructed almost solely of petrified wood. Built in 1933 by W.G. Brown, the early gas station once served Phillips 66 gas. Brown had a lumberyard and later a tractor and implement business on site until around the late 1950s. Since 1962 Jim Stagner has had his tire shop nearby and currently also sells cars and trucks from the lot. The Ripley's "Believe It or Not" sign dates from at least the 1950s. Now depleted from the area some 40 miles away near Two Buttes Mountain, petrified wood was once used to build local fences and fireplaces.