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DECATUR Petrified Wood Station MESSENGER PHOTO BY JOE DUTY PETRIFIED WOOD STATION Almost 20 years have passed since the little gas station along business U.S. 287/81 in Decatur serviced its last vehicle. But, not a day goes by that someone doesn’t stop to study the unique masonry and read the history of the Petrified Wood Station. Owned by Jim and Nancy Rosendahl, the station was built by Nancy’s grandfather, E.F. Boydston, at a time when people were straddling the line of the horse and wagon and automobile eras. Nancy’s father, Nolan Boydston, began working at the station when he was 10 and retired from the station in 1989. “If this building could speak, it would tell us a lot of stories,” Jim said. “This went through the Great Depression, World War II, Korea, Vietnam. This preserves a very small piece of history from the 20th Century.” E.F. Boydston first bought the land at Hale Street and business U.S. 81/287 for $400 in 1927 and constructed a shed and Texaco gas station at the location, naming it Texas Tourist Court. Travelers stopped and camped in the tourist camp area located behind the station. Cabins were built behind the station in 1931 that travelers could rent for $1.35 a night, a price that included breakfast in the morning. The Texas Lunchroom, a one-room wooden building, was built in 1929. With the number of gas stations in Texas and the nation increasing steadily with the number of automobiles on the road, Nolan decided the station needed a little more personal- 90
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17 BRANDI’S COUNTRY KITCHEN Wise
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Open Hearts. Open Minds. Open Doors
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