The Threatt family homesteaded in the Luther area, a part of modern-day Oklahoma that was opened to United States settlement in 1889.
The Threatt family managed to thrive, earning a living raising crops and quarrying native sandstone on the land in the station's construction.
Allen Threatt Sr. died in December 1950, his son Ulysses Grant Threatt took over the operation of the station and cafe until his death in December 1956. His wife Elizabeth Hilton Threatt, a school teacher for whom the library in Luther is named, kept the cafe running until 1974.
The back of the building was converted into a residence in 1958. It was used for that purpose until November 2009, when Elizabeth Hilton Threatt died. The property, currently vacant, is owned by Allen Threatt Sr's descendants and has remained in the family for over 100 years.