Founding and early years In the year 1900, a
pipeline salesman by the name of W.S. Porter which was formed by Southern Pacific Company to handle their oil interests, Beginning in 1934, Associated Oil Company commissioned a series of photographs to be taken to record the progress of construction on the
Golden Gate Bridge and
San-Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge projects. Across the West Pacific service stations became "Associated Flying A" while stations in the East became "Tydol Flying A". Eventually, the Tydol and Associated brands faded and simply became "Flying A". The company dropped "Associated" from its name in 1956. ==Legacy==