Monday 7th April 1902
United States of the Texas Oil Company – Texaco – was founded by Joseph S. Cullinan, Thomas J. Donoghue, Walter Benona Sharp, and Arnold Schlaet upon the discovery of oil at Spindletop in Texas, US. For many years, Texaco was the only company selling petrol under the same brand name in all 50 US states, as well as Canada.