Baytown Sun in Baytown, Texas

Texan oil giant Humble marks four decades in fuel era

June 1957 notes mark Humble Oil and Refining Co.’s 40th anniversary after a merger forming the Humble Company and fueling the Texan highway age. The piece recalls Humble’s origins in Spindletop era, the early Gooseneck field, and the founders’ vision guiding a growing oil industry anchored by a new state highway system and expanding gasoline distribution.