The Magnolia gas station was a chaotic scene in 1957 as reporters scrambled to call in their stories about the ongoing crisis from the station’s single telephone. Restored to that critical time, the station has served as official Visitor Center for the National Park Service since the 1998 designation of the high school across the street as a National Historic Site. On Monday, September 24th at 10:00 am the NPS will formally dedicate a new visitor center adjacent to the station where the pumps still display the price of gas in those days: 22.5 cents per gallon.