1953 - Coleman Oil Company began as a fuel and oil distributor in Craigmont, Idaho.  At this time all products were supplied by Chevron USA

1959 - A second Chevron distributorship was acquired at Lewiston, Idaho.  The Company established our headquarters at this location

1968 - Coleman Oil created a home heating division to service the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley.  A bulk fueling facility and warehouse were added at Culdesac, Idaho in the same year.

1977 - In order to provide a greater variety of products, Coleman Oil added Shell Oil Products when we purchased Simon Oil Company from Bill and Wilma Simon.  In addition to Shell products, this purchase introduced the firm to the service station and convenience store business. 

Early 1980's - The service station division expanded with two stations, one in North Lewiston and one on Thain Road in the Lewiston Orchards. 

1982 - Another service station, located on 21st Street in Lewiston, was acquired when Coleman Oil purchased Gleason Oil from Bud and Helen Gleason and added Phillips petroleum products.

1984 - Coleman Oil Company purchased the warehouse, bulk plant, and vehicles of the Lewiston division of Palouse Producers.  This facility is currently serving as the bulk lubricant storage and repackaging plant.  This was also the year a supply contract was signed for bulk fuels with Arco.

1987 - Outside the Lewiston area, another bulk plant and service station were added to Coleman Oil at Kendrick and Deary.  These were purchased from Mike Hedler.  Mobil Company became a lubricant supplier.  Customers were primarily farming, logging and home heating oil. 

1988 - Another station was added on 18th Street in Lewiston.

1990 - Coleman Oil Company joined the Commercial Fueling Network know as CFN, providing Cardlock customers with access to over two thousand Cardlock fueling facilities throughout the United States.  Currently over 40,000 locations.

1991/1992 - Cardlock sites opened in Clarkston, Washington, Juliaetta, Kendrick and Culdesac, Idaho to serve commercial, farming and logging customers.

1994/1995 - O'Keefe Oil Company of Orofino and Bovill, Idaho was acquired.  This opened a new market for planned wholesale, Cardlock and retail development.  Cardlock sites were added at Orofino and Bovill

1998 - Purchased bulk plant in Nezperce, Idaho.  This location provided bulk fuel, package lubricants and a CFN Cardlock facility. A Cardlock facility was also constructed in Pomeroy, Washington.

2000 - Purchased Himmelberger Oil in Dayton, Washington.  This acquisition added a bulk plant, cardlock fuel facility and delivery vehicles serving customers in the Dayton area with fuel and lubricants.

2002 - Acquired the fuel and fuel and lubricant supply of Larry Clark in Sprague, Washington.

2003 - Took over operation of Southway Shell in Lewiston, Idaho from Ivan Sleight. Southway was rebranded as Southway Liberty in 2009

2004 - Acquired Clark Oil which expanded the northern Idaho division including Coeur'd Alene and Sandpoint, Idaho and Spokane, Washington.  This included bulk plant, retail and cardlock facilities. Also took over operations of Ponderay (Babe's One Stop) Pinehurst HICO and Spirit Lake from Ivan Sleight, and acquired Tacoma/Seattle CFN cardlock customer base from AG Stewart.

2006 - Acquired Sprague Grange retail operation which expanded the cardlock and retail base 30 miles east of Spokane, Washington.  This was the remainder of the original business operated by Larry Clark.

2007 - Coleman Oil acquired North Central Petroleum Inc. bulk plant, cardlock, retail operations and fleet facilities.  Expanding our business lines into central Washington with the addition of 12 bulk plants, 7 cardlocks, and 4 retail facilities.

2009 - Entered into a partnership to build and operate a truck to rail car transloading facility in Ferndale, Washington. 

2013 - Moses Lake Transloading activity for rail car to truck transloading.

2015 - Purchased Wondrack Distributing in Kennewick, WA.

2019 - Purchased McEvoy Oil in Bellingham, WA.

2020 - Completed the construction of our Horn Rapids (WA) and Wallowa (OR) Cardlocks

2021 - Purchased Busch Distributing in Pullman, WA.

2024 - Completed the purchase of assets owned by Lind Fuel Company (Ferndale, WA.) and Beamis Oil Company (Kellogg, ID.)

Dyna Marts - Three of the Lewiston stations, Thain, 21st Street, and 18th Street, originally represented different brands of fuel.  Currently Thain and 21st Street are branded Chevron, while 18th Street (unmanned) offers unbranded fuel.  These service stations were know as "Dyna Mart Stores".  This name was created in connections with the convenience store goods offered at the various locations.  All of the Lewiston stations are different from one another and offer a variety of services.  Thain has a convenience store, 24-hour Cardlock, car wash and an Arby's fast food restaurant.  21st Street Chevron includes an up-to-date convenience store with a great central location in town.  18th Street serves customers in need of fuel only.  Our North Lewiston 76 is a large truck stop that includes convenience goods, full-service deli, truck scale, RV dump, driver's lounge, showers, laundry facilities, telephone lounge and a 24-hour Cardlock. Our Southway 76 is located by Lewis-Clark State College and offers convenience goods, hot deli items, a car wash, and laundromat.

Sunset Marts - Sunset Marts is a local chain of convenience stores, serving the Palouse region of North Idaho and Eastern Washington that we acquired in 2021 with the completion of the Busch Distributing purchase. Sunset Marts strives to provide fast service in a clean and friendly environment. From gasoline to groceries, Sunset Marts is the local place to shop. We have three Conoco locations in Idaho, including Moscow, Orofino, and Troy. We have two Chevron locations in Washington, including Colfax and Pullman.