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I am looking for the history of Bay Petroleum Company. I remember Old Gas had a page or section on the historys of the old gas companies. I did the one on Continental Oil and Cliff Brice. Is it still available to view? Or does anyone have a brief history of Bay?
Thank Ric

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I'm no expert on the Bay Petroleum Company but I know a bit from my research of the Frontier Oil Company. Bay was formed by Charles U. Bay in 1934. Bay, a capitalist from New York, who had several successful business ventures before forming the Bay Petroleum Company. He formed the company with the help of M.H. Robineau who was operating a successful independent oil company in Nebraska called the Western Nebraska Oil Company. Bay provided the money and Robineau had the know-how and marketing experience in the oil industry. With Robineau acting as president and general manager the company acquired a refinery in McPherson, Kansas and built a new refinery in Denver. In 1936 they purchased a small refinery in Cheyenne, WY that would later become the foundation of the Frontier Refining Company. Bay Petroleum's operations were based out of Denver. In 1946 President Harry Truman appointed C.U. Bay the U.S. Ambassador to Norway. A position he held until 1953. Bay died on New Years Eve in 1955. Bay was purchased by, or merged with, Tenneco in the early 1960's. An interesting fact from Scott Benjamin and Wayne Henderson�s books on gas globes published in 1999 states that "The Bay shield logo, last revised about 1939, is the oldest logo ever to be associated with a major brand that is still in use today, without change."

Thank You!

There are two Bay gasoline companies and they are unrelated. The one mentioned above and there was also one out of Bay City, Michigan. I’m from Michigan and have had a few things from the Michigan based company.

I see you are from Colorado, so you’re probably interested in the other one, but just be aware when buying stuff, it may not be the same Bay that you are thinking of. However, the Bay company in Michigan was much smaller and there is less stuff out there.

The sign I have below is an example from the MI company.

Here's the Colorado version.

Thank you Both for information..

A quart can listed offices in Denver and Houston
1948 and 1950 road maps listed offices in Salina/McPherson, Denver, and New Orleans