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Years ago the price of gasoline was very less expensive. For example in the year 1993 the price of gasoline was approximately $1.11 per gallon.
During the years 2004-2008, the US national average price of a gallon of regular gasoline was $2.568, from a low average of $1.88 in 2004 to a high average of $3.27 in 2008.
In 1997, the US national average for a gallon of regular gasoline was $1.23 - the equivalent of about $1.67 per gallon in 2010.
The price of regular grade gasoline was about 19.9 cents per gallon in 1960.
In 1970, the US national average for a gallon of regular gasoline was 36 cents - the equivalent of about $2.02 per gallon in 2010.
The average price for gasoline in October 2004 was $1.99. The rise in gas prices has been steady for the past ten years.
Price of one gallon of gasoline cost 1.70 dollars in USA in 2000. Interestingly price of gasoline was 1.60 dollars in 1990 which means an increase of only 0.10 dollars in 10 years.
The average price of a gallon of regular leaded gasoline in:1965: 31 cents1966: 32 cents1967: 33 cents1968: 34 cents1969: 35 cents1970: 36 cents
In 1980, the US national average for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline was very high for the times: $1.25 - the equivalent of about $3.31 per gallon in 2010.
Des Moines was incorporated as Fort Des Moines on September 22, 1851. It was then shortened to Des Moines in 1857. So about 6 years officially.
Gas averaged 30.5 cents per gallon in 1959 ($2.18 today if adjusted for inflation) According to EIA; see following spreadsheet, click on anndata tab at bottom for years going back to 1919 http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/steo/pub/fsheets/real_prices.xls
From 2005-2010, the average price for a barrel of crude oil is: about $67.00.