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Hop Elliott's Chevron Standard Station
North side of W B St. (Hwy 30), east of Fox Creek.


This photo was taken during Hop Elliott's grand opening of his new Chevron Station October 1 and 2, 1966. With Hop (who is standing over the cake) is his wife Mildred and three Standard Oil representatives. Photo contributed by Jan Elliott.
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Poster announcing the Grand Opening of Hop Elliot's Chevron Station on October 1 and 2, 1966.
Newspaper article on Hop Elliot's Chervon Grand Opening, from the September 29, 1966 issue of the Rainier (Oregon) Reveiw.
Article on Grand Marshall Roy M (Hop) Elliot from the 1999 Rainier Days in the Park event program booklet.
1967 Rainier Daze parade float with Queen Sheryle Gray and princesses Karen Turner, Barbara Leever and Kathy Johnson with Hop Elliott's Chevron Standard Station in the background. Photo provided by Eleanor Abraham.
Photo looking south at the back side of the Chevron Station, late 1960s or early 1970s. Photo by Mike Clouse.
Current location of where Hop Elliot's station once stood, North side of W B St. (Hwy 30), east of Fox Creek. From Google Maps March 2015.
Street view of where Hop Elliot's station once stood, Looking Northeast. From Google Maps March 2015.


Comments from Facebook:

Per Tug Fisher April 5, 2015: Before the service station it was nothing but tide lands. Built on the dredge deposits from the river.


Additional information:

        Roy Marvin "Hop" Elliott.


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