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TxDot Expansion Uncovers a Surprise

  • TxDot Expansion Uncovers a Surprise
    TxDot Expansion Uncovers a Surprise
  • A postcard of what the Erwin Petzold’s Gulf Station looked like in its heyday where the Pharmhouse parking lot is now.
    A postcard of what the Erwin Petzold’s Gulf Station looked like in its heyday where the Pharmhouse parking lot is now.
Contractors working for Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) uncovered a piece of La Grange history while working on improvements to the intersection at US 77 and SH 71 Business. The contractors were drilling a hole for a new traffic light pole in the parking lot at Pharmhouse Drug when they struck some old underground fuel tanks. That corner of the intersection used to be the location of…

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