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Who remembers Gil Main's in Detroit? I never felt safe in there, but had to rent a sleeping room while my tractor was repaired at the International dealer down the street.

Fortmeyer's at Fort Wayne, IN, and the old truck stop at Beaverdam, OH, were not good places to get uninterrupted sleep.
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Do you remember Arrowhead Truck Stop at the Hampshire/Marengo exit in Illinois? The place was decorated with a collection of arrow heads and spear points. One day, the collection was removed, and I felt the loss similar to the day Red Amick's racing trophies, photos and flags were removed.
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they shoulve condemmned that mass 10 ####hole years ago
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Would be a tragedy for you to use your imagination...picture Arnold's from Happy Days! Don't hurt yourself!!!!
Hard to get pics good ones anyway last time I tried to take a pic all the lot lizzards and some JB & Swifty Drs was hogging the scenery.
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No the old truckstop in Beverdam,Oh is not there
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I wonder how it all works out for an immigrant family that purchases a truckstop such as the old truckstop at Beaverdam. As I recall, a new Flying J had been opened across the Interstate. Then, the new owners of the old place changed the restaurant to fast food. I still slept there on my beer runs out of Columbus because the parking lot at Flying J had no empty spaces after 10:00 p.m. Now, it is gone.

I remember a truckstop at Pierceton, IN on U.S. 30. When it was purchased by an immigrant family, it became nothing more than a fuel stop. I was surprised to see the pump jockey run across the crushed rock driveway with bare feet.
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Are you talking about the place that was by the adult bookstore in beverdam?
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I think in later years, a store was built across the road. I may have turned around there one time when I was leaving the truck stop, discovered something wrong while pulling out, and had to go back. That was when the old truckstop had a real garage.
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"Do they still have tigers anymore? They used to have actual tigers outside in big pens, and I always felt kind of sorry for them "

We were just there about 2 months ago....they no longer have the tigers.
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There is a truck stop on RT 35. Frasiers bottom,WV.
I've worked there for almost 10 yrs. It used to be a little Truck stop
for many years.
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