Oklahoma Route 66 - Hydro

HYDRO, OKLAHOMA. I was chained to a desk for many years, so I never got a chance to meet Lucille Hamons, a 66 Hall of Famer who ran her over-the-pumps style gas station for many years. Lucille and her husband Carl bought the neat little 1920's gas station in 1941 where they lived dangled right over the pumps, but not happily ever after. Not long after the arrival of the interstate, which nearly wiped out the business, Carl bought a truck and took off in it, abandoning Lucille and the station. But the gritty Lucille persevered and ran the business for another 59 years, right up until her passing in 2000.