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    Fill ’er Up

    Dec 24, 2019 2 minutes
    By Shari Biediger

    MAGNOLIA FILLING STATION 1101 Fiorella St., Castroville. Open Mon-Sat, 7 a.m.-7 p.m. 830-538-5001; facebook.com/magnoliafillingstation

    Even before US 90 linked the remote farming towns west of San Antonio in the 1960s, travelers could count on finding a place to rest and refuel in Castroville.

    Magnolia Filling Station opened on the corner of Fiorella and Lafayette streets in the 1920s, after automobiles

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