Be Sure With Pure Billboard 1959

In 1914 in Columbus, Ohio, Fletcher Heath and Beman Dawes started the Ohio Cities Gas Co., which built its first oil refinery in West Virginia. In 1920, the name of the company was changed to Pure Oil. The company oversaw oil wells and refineries located in Ohio, West Virginia, Oklahoma, and Texas. In 1965, Pure Oil was purchased by the Union Oil Co. of California.