County, Texas, just outside of Houston, a discouraged but still determined drilling crew struck black gold in 1917. Weeks after paychecks from the new Crown Oil and Refining Company... had run dry, Well Number 3 finally spouted oil. What flowed from the well was more than just crude oil; it was the foundation of what became Crown Central Petroleum Corporation... the Company was incorporated as Crown Central Petroleum Corporation. Crown's Pasadena, Texas Refinery circa 1925 Led by Mr. Louis Blaustein, a group of Baltimore, Maryland based...