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Encyclopedia Dubuque

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"Encyclopedia Dubuque is the online authority for all things Dubuque, written by the people who know the city best.”
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  • 23:5523:55, 24 February 2025 diff hist +462 m TELEGRAPH HERALDNo edit summary
  • 23:1223:12, 24 February 2025 diff hist +1 MARTIN'S Oil Co.No edit summary current
  • 23:1023:10, 24 February 2025 diff hist +530 N MARTIN'S Oil Co.Created page with "MARTIN'S Oil Co. was owned by Martin Westerfield, who operated the state's first self-service gas stations at 280 Locust St. and 2175 Central Ave. in Dubuque. In December 1972, self-service stations became legal in Iowa. This came after a Dubuque County District Court ruling invalidated a state ban on self-service. However, Westerfield had been offering limited self-service at his stations since May in an attempt to "test the law." (1) Source: 1. "Self-service stations..."

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