Clark's Super Gas

Clark's Super Gas was a 20th-century oil company headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Founded by Emory T. Clark in 1932 as a single filling station on the corner of 60th and Greenfield Streets in Milwaukee, Clark Super Gas sold only premium gasoline. Unlike most contemporary service stations, Clark's stations did not offer mechanical maintenance and tire changing. In 1943, the company moved into refining oil. By the mid-1950s, the company operated nearly 500 gas stations throughout the Midwest, with locations in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin. From 1948 to 1950, Clark Super Gas sponsored the Milwaukee Clarks, a minor league ice hockey team in the International Hockey League. At its height...