I live in a small town in Oklahoma on the corner of two old highways that in the past were the main arteries of the country. One of them is US hwy 81 and the other is the very famous US hwy 66, also known as the Mother Road.  These two historic highways intersect in our town and earned them the name "The Crossroads of America"  El Reno has many claims to fame including the Rock Island railroad, the world's largest onion burger, and being hit by the widest tornado ever recorded, but I want to focus on the history of the oil business in this town and also the state and country. US hwy 81 and US hwy 66 in El Reno OK, The Crossroads of America. I am by no means any expert, in fact I never even knew I was interested until my husband went to work for a local oil company owner who recently retired and sold his long time business. He was also a life long collector of petroliana (vintage oil cans and collectibles) and had a warehouse full of things he had collected. It was b...