The History of Gilmore Oil Company 1900-1945

The History of Gilmore Oil Company 1900-1945 (HM2ER7)

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Dairy Farm to Oil Field

1872: Arthur Fremont Gilmore leaves Millersburg, Illinois and heads west to seek his fortune in California. He soon forms a partnership with Julius Carter and the two go into the dairy business in Compton, California.
1880: A.F. Gilmore and Julius Carter gain title to the plot of land which encompasses much of what is now the Fairfax District.
1890: Julius Carter and Gilmore dissolve their partnership. After drawing straws, Gilmore takes sole ownership of the 256-acre portion of Rancho La Brea and dairy operations continue.
1905: After first discovering oil in 1900, A.F. Gilmore establishes Gilmore Oil Company, replacing dairy herds with oil rigs. The landscape at Third and Fairfax would never be the same.
1918: When A.F. Gilmore dies, his son Earl Bell Gilmore assumes leadership of Gilmore Oil Company.
1921: Drilling ceases because of a change in city zoning laws. The Company forges ahead with oil and gas refining and distribution.
1920-43: Gilmore Oil Company becomes the largest independent oil company on the West Coast. In 1943, Mobil Oil takes over oil production. Gilmore Oil Company continues to operate service stations until 1945.

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January 8, 1914.
A.F. Gilmore and his son Earl Bell



Gilmore pose with their automobiles and fellow employees. In a few short decades, the once quiet dairy farm was transformed into a profitable oil field. Over the next 30 years, Los Angeles would envelop the land, changing the oil rigs into buildings and Gilmore Oil Company into the most successful independent oil distribution company on the West Coast.
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Placed ByA.F.Gilmore Company
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Date Added Wednesday, March 6th, 2019 at 1:04pm PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)11S E 374487 N 3771010
Decimal Degrees34.07233333, -118.36023333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 34° 4.34', W 118° 21.614'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds34° 4' 20.4" N, 118° 21' 36.84" W
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