Guess I've always been a collector at heart of some sort. Coins as a kid (and still) then sports memorabilia as a young adult. Petroliana, however, came by happenstance... Some time ago I was presented with the opportunity to purchase my dream car--a 1966 Mustang convertible. Purely as a way to accessorize my car, I sought out a 1966 road map to place in the car's glove box. Aware of the company's history in the state and being one of the predominate oil company's in the region during my childhood, I gravitated towards Conoco. As such, a 1966 Conoco road map of Colorado became the first piece in my collection, which remains mostly limited to paper/ephemera from the 1929-'69 period, along with other items of personal interest. While I grew up at the dawn of the self-service age and was a first-hand witness to the death of the full-service station, both my father and grandfather worked as service station attendants at some point in their lives.
