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Robertson died in 1947, two weeks before a high wind toppled the steel derrick that had been his trademark.
His widow, the former Olga Cunningham ( 1904 – 1993 ), restored it in 1949 with even more prominent lights.
At the intersection of U. S. Route 70 and Texas State Highway 70, the site serves as a reminder of a time when bold roadside architecture was only beginning and of a man who promoted his adopted hometown in extraordinary ways.
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