Organizations

: Standard Oil (United States); An oil company founded by John D. Rockefeller in 1870. It held 24,000 acres of patented land containing oil shale near De Beque, Colorado. In 1931, they sold the land for $5 an acre. The company was dissolved by court decision in 1911.

: Standard Oil of Ohio (United States); The Standard Oil Company (Ohio) was an American oil company, a successor of the original company established in 1870 by John D. Rockefeller. It was established as "Standard Oil Company of Ohio" as one of the separate entities created after the 1911 breakup. In the 1960s, Standard Oil of Ohio partnered with British Petroleum, in the development of the Prudhoe Bay, Alaska petroleum reserves and the construction of the Trans Alaska pipeline. The complex partnership called for a gradual stock acquisition until British Petroleum would eventually gain controlling interest culminating in total acquisition of the American company. The company ceased operations in 1987, although BP continued to sell gasoline under the 'Sohio' brand until 1991. From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Oil_of_Ohio In Western Colorado, Sohio was one of seventeen oil companies that invested $500,000 in Paraho's research and development to commercialize oil shale technology at the Anvil Points Research Facility, near Rifle.

: Star Lighters orchestra (Grand Junction, Colorado); An orchestra, based in Grand Junction, that played shows in town and around the Western Slope. John Goulet played piano for the orchestra in the 1960’s, and reports that they toured surrounding towns in 1966, including towns in Eagle County. People in the audience would dance to their music. Daily Sentinel newspaper (Grand