Old school gas war on NY reservation

Gasoline prices in Salamanca dropped to less than 75 cents per gallon Thursday as the effects of the global coronavirus pandemic on the oil industry hit the Seneca Nation.

After a couple weeks of holding steady around $1.70/g at Native-owned gas stations, prices dropped south of $1 Thursday morning, as reported by Kellen Quigley, managing editor of The Salamanca Press.

With seven gas stations in Salamanca’s west end within half a mile of each other, a price war was underway with one...

Old school gas war on NY reservation
Author: Joseph James