Phillips 66
Frank Phillips, who founded the Phillips Petroleum Company in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, always had a warm spot in his heart for Creston, Iowa. He grew up in neighboring Taylor County and in 1895 settled in Creston, where two years later he married the banker's daughter. In 1903, in the midst of an oil boom he moved to Oklahoma where he organized and became president of a bank there. In 1917 he founded, with his brother, the Phillips Petroleum Company. One of Iowa's first Phillips 66 gasoline stations was constructed in Creston about 1931. In 1994 the building was donated to Union County and the City of Creston. The building was moved to the west part of town and restored. It is now a tourism and information center.
Phillips 66
Frank Phillips, who founded the Phillips Petroleum Company in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, always had a warm spot in his heart for Creston, Iowa. He grew up in neighboring Taylor County and in 1895 settled in Creston, where two years later he married the banker's daughter. In 1903, in the midst of an oil boom he moved to Oklahoma where he organized and became president of a bank there. In 1917 he founded, with his brother, the Phillips Petroleum Company. One of Iowa's first Phillips 66 gasoline stations was constructed in Creston about 1931. In 1994 the building was donated to Union County and the City of Creston. The building was moved to the west part of town and restored. It is now a tourism and information center.