Red Williams' Gas Station - Pacific Grove, CA
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saopaulo1
N 36° 37.243 W 121° 54.986
10S E 596890 N 4053345
A historic gas station in Pacific Grove, CA.
Waymark Code: WMM7EP
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 08/04/2014
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"Everett "Red" Williams, the owner of the real "Flying A" service station at the corner of Fountain and Lighthouse Avenue in Pacific Grove, sold Steinbeck the Hansen Sea-Cow, an outboard motor with a mind of its own that failed to perform on the Sea of Cortez. The mischievous hateful contraption was in fact a Johnson Sea-Horse. Steinbeck changed the brand name to avoid a lawsuit.
Williams ran his gas station for 36 years before closing it in 1970. The building housed a fruit and produce stand until it closed in 2013.
520 Lighthouse Avenue, Pacific Grove." (
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