From Latin flÅ«ctuÄns, flÅ«ctuant- , present participle of flÅ«ctuÄre, to fluctuate; see fluctuate. adjective. 1  Subject to change or variation: variable: fluctuant oil prices. 2  Medicine Capable of being moved or compressed.3  Used of an abnormal mass such as a tumor or abscess. 4  Moving in waves.djective. 1  Subject to change or variation: variable: fluctuant oil prices. 2  Medicine Capable of being moved or compressed. 3  Moving in waves.
Like Gulf Oil, Texaco was founded in 1901 after a major oil strike at Spindletop near Beaumont, Texas. The company was officially incorporated as The Texas Company in 1902 and the word Texaco was first used as a brand (for asphalt, not gasoline) in 1903.
Texaco gas station and crossroad Vintage Photo Courtesy Jean Broussard More Texas Gas Stations. The town of Montgomery predates Texas Independence. Andrew J. Montgomery established a trading post west of town as early as 1823. In 1837 it became the first county seat of the third county formed by the Republic of Texas. The east-west boundaries of Montgomery County had originally been between the Brazos and Trinity Rivers. The town was granted a post office in 1846 and it was incorporated two years later.