Hart's Food and Gas

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The Hart’s location at 108 E. State St., has provided fuel since 1927

Edward “Ted” Larsen and Elmer Cloward erected a service station at 108 E State in April 1927. It was originally a Continental Oil Company franchise, though numerous operators leased the station over the years. Adjoining motor lodges were developed to the south in the late 1920s. Bob Edwards leased the franchise in the early 1950s. In 1953, a new building was erected on the site by Utoco. Frank Bailey was the first operator of this franchise. While driving to the station, early one 1963 morning, Bailey apparently fell asleep at the wheel when he slammed into the I-15 underpass on state street. Vern Rowley then assumed management of the station until 1967. Pleasant Grove native, Lynn Walker, subsequently took over the station for a time. Rhinehart Oil, a Phillips 66 company, eventually purchased the property and remodeled the place into Harts Gas and Food- a popular convenience store and filling station in 1989.