Land dispute may hold up restoration of Threatt Filling Station

Descendants of the family that ran the Threatt Filling Station near Luther, Oklahoma, want to reopen the Route 66 landmark as a visitors center and museum, but they first must resolve a land dispute involving the property. Built by Allen Threatt in 1915, the gas station remains one of the few surviving African-American-owned businesses along Route 66. The Threatt Filling Station operated until the early 1960s, when it was converted into living quarters.

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