Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1901 — A New Town. [ARTICLE]

A New Town.

A new town site is being platted in the center of the Gillam oil field at the terminus of the oil branch of the Gifford railroad. B. J. Gifford is. at the head of the project. The new town will be named Asphalt, after the product of that name which is manufactured from the oif found there.'