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24 February 2025

  • curprev 23:1023:10, 24 February 2025‎ Mike.Day talk contribs‎ 530 bytes +530‎ 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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