I'm a 70year old man, and I remember them very well. We weren't well off, so about the best my parents could do for us is stop for gas, let us use the bathroom, maybe share a pecan log between me, my brother, and my sister; and gaze with envy and wonder at the almost non-stop shelves of souvenirs. The store were very clean, with friendly staff. We knew we could never go wrong there. Were life still like that!
There was a Stucky's road sign near my Grandparent's home for my entire life. I remember being so young that I thought Granddaddy just loved Stucky's so much that he had put up the sign. I remember him explaining it to me.
My uncle was a manager of a Stuckeys in North Carolina back in the 1980's. He sadly, died from cancer in 1991 at just 47 years old. Great guy, with a heart of gold.
My uncle and aunt ran a Stuckey's in Wyoming in the 1960's, if I remember correctly. I was so little I could be wrong about the details. It was way out in the middle of nowhere. A little oasis of civilization on long trips.
Man Stuckeys was everywhere in the 70s when we'd go to GA to see family! Loved it! I got a tear when I saw the granddaughter is running it now. After Covid, I'm going to GA & going to a Stuckeys! Thanks.
I’m a 70 yers old guy who loved seeing Stuckey’s when riding cross country with my parents and siblings. My Dad LOVED the Divinity as his favorite candy. So we always stopped when we saw one. He grew up in a coal mining town in VA and Divinity was one of the few sweets they could afford. It was a sad time when Stuckey’s started closing. And later to see the old stores something else. I will always have the memories of them.
Remember on family vacations, driving across country and you always knew that there was a Stuckey’s from the turquoise roof and always stopped for the pecan rolls !! Loved it !!
Oh My!!! That brought back some beautiful memories ☺️ Summer vacation from California to Illinois, to visit Grandma & Grandpa🤗 Dad always stopped at Stuckey’s!!!!!!!
Thanks for bringing back a great childhood memory. 10 burgers for a dollar the easiest way to feed a family while traveling across the United States. Those were the days.
Thank you Mr. Stuckey for giving us all great memories when families would travel and stop in to visit your stores and grab a delicious pecan log. I can still taste it today. So many great times back then I believe that we were truly blessed to have experienced those days. Rip Stuckey🙏
I miss them on 1960's road trips as a kid, their log rolls were my all-time favorite candy. They want $30 for a 6 oz pecan roll today. Seems the full size original box was larger, being we bought 1 or 2 back then for 6+ of us they couldn't have been too expense.
I remember back in the 1970's, and I was with a friend of mine we were heading to Michigan's Upper Pennisula and we stopped at a Stuckey's in Gaylord, Michigan.
The thing I remember about Stuckey's was that they had "Indian" stuff for kids. We had a drum, a rubber tipped spear, and a Chief's headdress, and maybe a bow and arrows. That was the big attraction for us when I was a kid.
Yep. I was one of those pesty kids who, on our way to Florida for family vacation from Jersey back in the late 60's, just bugged the crap out of my dad to stop at a Stuckeys for a pecan log....ahh the memories. Now I live In Florida and believe it or not we have a Stuckeys nearby!
@@douglasdixon524 I live in AZ now but im from Oklahoma, i remember there was an abandoned one off I35 i think near Pauls Valley ... any ways i miss when Stuckeys was thriving :-)
In 1972, when I was 7 going on 8, my mother and grandmother drove us from California to Massachusetts and back. Stuckey's quickly became one of our favorite stops along the way. I was sad to hear of their decline, but happy that they've experienced a resurgence in the last couple of decades. I'm sure it's not the same, but at least I have my memories.
There was one in Pa we used to stop at. My first memory of having a cheeseburger was from Stuckey’s that and coffee. Being young on long road trips was priceless!
In 1969 we drove from Houston Texas to Riverside California to visit my aunt. I was 9 years old. My fondest memories of that trip was stopping at a Stuckey's in I think Arizona. I had never had a pecan log roll, but I loved pecans, and that is all I talked about for years after. Hopefully they make a comeback, I would love to take my grandchildren for their first pecan log roll!
In the 4th grade, we went on a field trip to Williamsburg, Va from my school near Richmond.. We stopped at Stuckey’s on interstate 64. Now it’s a Shell station, but I still remember that trip (I’m 61 now).
Thanks for the memories..in 1964 my family drove from Detroit to Miami and I remember stopping at a Stuckeys and at 7 years old their souvenir shop was heaven I insisted on spending my money on a Real stuffed baby alligator with glass eyes and little teeth sticking out And if not mistaken still have somewhere Great times and Great stores..Thx
Such great memories of Stuckey’s. Family trips to visit my grandparents always included mandatory stop at Stuckey’s. I remember that us kids could find little toys there that you did not see anywhere else. They even had toys in wall mounted vending machines in the restrooms. My favorite was those little slider puzzles. How I would love to revisit those days.
I remember when Stuckeys had a location on US 20 between Rockford and Freeport Illinois. The building is still there but occupied by a different business.
Will miss this place, people working there, always had smiles on their faces, those were some of the best of times, and we'll never see in America ever again, so sorry
I'm 63 and Stuckey's and its Divinity has a prominent place in my memory of summer cross-country road trips with my family during the 60s. Seeing the billboard announcing there was one coming up was cause for us kids cheering in anticipation of that Divinity. I love watching these videos and going down my own memory lane. It's also sad because we're now experiencing the severe decline phase in this country and these memories put a fine point on it. Anyway, Stuckey's made a big impression on me when I was a kid and the mere mention of "road trip" brings it immediately to mind. Loved this video!
Stuckey's was always a "must stop" on family trips as I grew up in the 60's and 70's. I remember how they just quickly started disappearing. Now I know why. I loved their hot dogs as a kid and each location had metal Sheriff badges with the appropriate state seal in the middle. I had a drawer full of those at one time. Another great era gone by. I sure miss those days.
They had one in Bradenton,FL along I-75 & SR 64.Now it's gone.I remember purchasing a Cedar Wood Storage Box w/ a Color Photo on the lid of the Box once.I still have that Box.
We stopped at a lot of these traveling cross country in 1979. My brothers and I found ourselves needing a bathroom break each time we saw the signs. Of course I loved getting a new toy trinket at each stop. The kids meal I think came with a plastic hand puppet. There were also gumball machines with toys in the bubbles.
Wonderful memories of Stuckey's back in the 60's! We would always see Stuckey's signs along the road as we were traveling on vacation. Great video, thank you!😊
All through the 70’s our family of 3 boys with Mom & Dad drove to Florida for Spring Break annually from Chicagoland stopping mostly at Stucky’s to eat meals and fuel up as soon as we started coming across their locations in the Southern states. As kids we loved that every table had that triangle shaped game with golf tees inserted into drilled holes where the object was to jump tees removing them with the goal to leave only one tee.
I'm 61 now. But back in the 1960s and early to mid 1970s, I would bet that I had been in every Stuckeys in Georgia, Florida, Tennessee and Arkansas. My mom and dad were good about stopping so I could use the bathroom and get some candy. In states like Tennessee and Arkansas they also sold fireworks and sometimes my folks would let me get some bottle rockets and firecrackers.
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This was the forerunner to so many roadside stores that existed for traveling families. I still remember those divinity log rolls - so sugary you can't possibly imagine. When you're a little kid, those rolls were incredible. When you're an adult, the amount of sugar almost sends you into shock. But they were a fun place and most kids LOVED Stuckey's.
Even though we never stopped, I remember seeing Stuckey's signs along Rt. 23 when we were heading from Groveport OH to see relatives in KY. It was one of the more nostalgic images I remember from back in the 60s and early 70s :)
Good to hear Stuckey's is still here. As a kid on road trips (in a 1978 Buick Electra) the name "Stuckey" always stood out for me above all other gas stations, I wonder why?
We also did annual road trips to see both my mother's parents (western PA) and my dad's mother (Madison, WI), starting out in San Diego. How I loved those road trips. We always stopped at Stuckey's multiple times along the way but I have no memory of the whoopee cushions. My cousins would have loved it if we showed up with those!
I loved seeing the Stuckey’s signs and eating in the cafes on their on the way down from Buffalo. Stuckey’s was a welcome indicator that we were getting closer to the palm trees, warm sunny beaches and later Disneyworld - Busch Gardens! All the troubles we are having in this country now I fear that all things ‘Americana’ is slipping away only to be replaced by the new cancel culture nightmare!
I feel much the same way. Kids can't be kids anymore - riding bikes all day during the summer until "curfew" (which was the street lights coming on), going fishing at the creek just down the road, outdoor skates &/or a skateboard, and so many other things that kids like us (those of us that are of a certain age) use to enjoy.
Many great memories waking up in my uncle's truck at Stuckey's, hungry and ready to chow down. I'd ride down south with him to pick up citrus and no matter what we'd stop and eat, great food, awesome coffee and I never left without a few pecan rolls for the road. Back when truckers could make an honest living without being prisoners to debt, this country's gone to hell in a handbasket.
Wow... this was a staple in our travels. We kids watched every roadside sign and counted down the miles to the next Stuckeys as we bounced around the back seats with no seatbelt and windows wide open. The signs got more frequent as you got nearer and that built up our excitement. Don't know why it was so important, but I know mom and dad always let us get something, even a little trinket, and we were happy for the next 100 miles!
I'm glad I found your channel. I have enjoyed watching your videos. They bring back a lot of good memories. Thanks again, looking forward to seeing more.
A history of White Castle would be great. Love your videos of older American Road s. I'm 73 and remember Burger Chef. I'm from Indianapolis and ate many times in that 1st Burger Chef. Thanks.
I remember one we stopped at on old US 60 in California west of Blythe somewhere in the middle of the desert. When I-10 bypassed the area in 1971-72 that ended all the businesses out there. The old road is still there but only the floor remains of the store as of 2014.
I remember Blythe from family road trips between San Diego and Pittsburgh in the 60s and early 70s. One time, driving back west in my parents' trusty mid-60s VW bus, it was so hot as to be completely unbearable. My dad decided we'd stay in a motel in Blythe that day and then continue driving that night. Us kids couldn't wait to get in the pool... which turned out to be full of hot water covered in dead insects!
@@betsyj59 Blythe is indeed very hot and humid but someone got the idea that winters there would be great for retirees escaping the cold winters back east. Blythe wasn't given a second look but rather Quartzsite, AZ about 20 miles away. I remember it around 1968 and it had maybe 200 residents and a gas station and that was it. By the early 70s it was catching on and wasn't hurt much when the interstate bypassed it in late 1972.
Drove the family from NC to the west coast in the mid 90s. Had many a breakfast at Stuckey's along the way. "Alright, let's hit the road. We'll try for 500 miles today. Matt! Put that toy down and get in the van! We gotta make it to Amarillo!"
I worked at the Stuckey's that was located near Palm Springs California. It was one of my first jobs as a high school student in 1967/68. Mitch and Hellen were outstanding people to work for. They thought me the value of a good work ethic and treated me very well. The first day on the job, Mitch said to have all the "sample candy" I wanted. A very smart man he was. I ate more candy in my first 6 months, then I did for the remaining two years I worked their.
I think my parents loved stopping to buy taffy because it took a long time to eat keeping us 5 kids quiet for miles. We always stopped at Stuckeys and stayed at Holiday Inns.... Love these trips down memory lane. Thank you!!🥰❤🙏
My dad called ‘em Stickey’s because during long road trips we were digging in the car cushions to find change to buy Pecan Log Rolls which we’d make a mess of not to mention get super thirsty and that was before bottled water was readily available
@@supercoolyguy Yeah, we were pretty poor so we'd always have that cooler with bologna sandwiches, and the cheapest brand of soda pop on our road trips. I remember the parents doling out servings of chips from large family-sized bags as well.
As a kid, it wasn't summer without those hours on long, desolate highways in South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, and a stop at the exit with the cool teal roof of Stuckeys, beckoning the weary traveler! How I miss those trips... Very nice that the granddaughter is in charge now.
I remember the billboards on I-70 announcing how close you were getting to a Stuckey's. I also remember they had little games at the tables when you ate!🥰
In 1971 (or might have been early in 1972), when I was 3 or almost four years old, my parents and I drove across the country from Los Angels to Baltimore, Maryland, to visit my dad’s sister, see Washington, DC., New York, and pick up my father’s grandmother (my great grandmother), and then we drove back across the country to Southern California. All along the way and back, we stopped at Stuckey’s. We’d fill the car up with gas, get cold iced tea to drink, pecan candy, my mother would by “souvenir spoons” and I’d get some games/puzzles to play in the car (Wooly Willy and one of those moving tile puzzles, this one in particular being a map of the United States). When I think of Stuckey’s, I always think of iced tea in red and white striped waxed paper cups, with a plastic lid and straw, and sipping it to go in the back seat of the car.
Yep, I remember Stuckeys! They went with road trips like a hand in a glove. Fill up the tank, and get a soft serve ice cream cone all in a flash! Good to see their making a come back .👍
Stucky's and Nickerson Farms. Spent a lot of time in the back seat of my dad's Galaxy 500 driving between Denver and Kansas City in the 70's. Those were better days.
I travelled between Denver, CO and Salina, KS in the 1970s with my family and we frequented both Stuckey's and Nickerson Farms (the one in Russell, KS) too. My parents had a 1965 Ford Galaxy 500 until 1971.
I-35 between Minneapolis and the Iowa border had both a Stuckey's and Nickerson's. I believe the Stuckeys building or at least the remnants of a sign is still standing at the Elko New Market exit.
I remember them in the midwest in 1965 when my family and I took a road trip in a camper from southern California to the New York World's Fair. There weren't any Stuckey's in southern California.
I remember family cross-country trips from around 1965 on (from San Diego to Wisconsin and Pennsylvania)... was never sure where they started popping up along the road. Our camper was the family VW bus.
I am 58. When I was 3 in 1966, I went on a road trip with my Grandparents. Somewhere along I74 or I 55 both not completed yet we stopped at a Stuckey’s. My Grandma got the Log Roll - first and not last experience for me. I also decided at 3 years old to steal a pair of nail clippers on a keychain. Nobody noticed until my Grandpa kept hearing clicking noises. He found me out - and promptly drove back about 40 miles so I could admit my guilt and surrender my prized possession.
I’ll never forget those long road trips in the early 70s from Wisconsin to Tennessee, Louisiana and Mississippi, and dad always pulling into the parking lot where that big yellow sign stood on the roadside and that big blue roof covered the building. Mom used to buy big bags of pecans and crack them for dad, li’l brother and me, and damn were those pecans good!
Good ol' Stuckey's was always there waiting on the Turnpikes and highways of America when we were lil kids. We were all very happy indeed when mom & dad would pull in to Stuckey's for fuel. Then the pecan roll & pecan twists with Coke or Pepsi to wash it down.
I came from a family of 9 kids. In our travels we would all yell Stuckeys stop Dad. He would always say it was on the wrong side of the road. I it got to be a family joke. We did stop a few times loved the pecan puffs!!
Yes, I remember Stuckey's! They were wonderful stops and I and my sister would look in envy at all the souvenirs we couldn't afford. Gas and maybe a pecan log roll each. Good times!
I grew up in Eastman, Ga., My Grandfather, on my dads side, was friends with Mr. Stuckey. When I was in Elementary School, we would take field trips, about a mile from the school, to the Stuckey's Candy plant. They would take us back in the plant and we could watch the candy being made. They we got to sample whatever we wanted. Eastman was a small town. We only had one Stop light, until early 80's. You could always smell that sweet candy being made, all over town. Anyone could go to the store that was located in front of the candy plant, and get huge bags of the end pieces, or candy that were not correct shape, for $5.00 a bag. You want to talk about good, it was still warm most of the time. Fresh Pecan log rolls pieces, right off the line. Yummy! Most of the plant has been torn down, but the original building that house the store in front, is still there. But it is a kind of thrift store now. The Stucky's Carridge Inn, was torn down to make way for a car dealership, that is no longer in business. The old Stuckey's home still stands right down town, next to the original Stop light. Not sure who has it now, but it still looks as grand as it has, since I was a small child.
I drove the USA coast to coast in the 70's, 80's and 90's, and stopped at Stuckey's all the time. The last time I went to a Stuckey's (outside of Tucumcari, NM), gas was $4/gallon. As I filled my 15 gallon tank, thinking of the cost, I was talking to a man who was filling his 100 gallon RV. He seemed to accept the high prices. I don't know the lesson, but I never forgot that incident.
When I was a Child in the 1970’s, and my dad was on leave from the Navy, we would travel a lot and Stucky’s was one of our favorite places to stop. Our parents would buy my sister and me toys and candy from there. My dad also bought one of their coffee cups. At the time Stucky’s had a promotion which was a free cup of coffee for as long as you had the cup. My dad still had that cup even after they stopped that promotion. For a while, the only Stucky’s that was left that we knew of was in Wyoming.
i remember as a kid they used to have billboards along the highway, "60 miles to Stuckey's" then about 5 miles later "55 miles to Stuckey's" When you're stuck in the back seat of a car going cross country, it was all I had to look forward to.
My favorite billboards were the ones for South of the Border (a tourist attraction on the NC/SC state line). Most of them were bad puns, but hilarious to a child.
During the 1960's during our summer road trip from NY to western PA along the Penna Turnpike we'd look forward to stopping at Stuckey's. Loved the pecan log. During a business trip a couple years ago I stumbled onto one that looked like it had one foot in the grave. I had no idea they even existed at all. I bought a pecan log to bring back to my sister in California. She was incredulous that I had found it.
Very cool. i remember them. Always a good place to stop and fuel up, use a clean bathroom, eat an inexpensive good meal, buy a log roll and hit the road. I loved them because you could pause and relax because the vibe was not like a truck stop of Mickey D's.
As a boy driving cross country with my family in the 60s and 70s Stuckey's was such a GREAT little place to stop . It doesn't get more Americana than Stuckey's.
I noticed that “Americana” isn’t a term used much anymore. We once had a truly All-American culture, but due to immigration, it’s been diluted into generic corporate blandness.
I remember Stuckey's and their billboards for breakfasts of eggs and toast. Looked yummy to me as a kid in the back seat!!! I also remember seeing some years later the empty Stuckey's buildings alongside the interstate.
I drove past a Stuckys on I-75 in Florida many times but just thought it was a truck stop so never stopped in. I didn't know about the pecan logs and now I have to have one because of this video! Looks like a road trip is going to happen.
@@rbrbro75 I'm from California but was stationed in New Mexico during my Air Force days back in the early1980s. I traveled to Amarillo and Lubbock several time while living in Clovis, NM and kept wondering during this entire video where I had seen a Stuckey's. Now I know.
Still remember the Stuckey's out west on our trip to the Grand Canyon in '71...they were every 100 miles or so, back then. The last one I was in was on I-57 in North Central Illinois [near Buckley, I think] in around 1974, after that, they started to disappear from the interstates, in Illinois, at least.
I'm a 70year old man, and I remember them very well. We weren't well off, so about the best my parents could do for us is stop for gas, let us use the bathroom, maybe share a pecan log between me, my brother, and my sister; and gaze with envy and wonder at the almost non-stop shelves of souvenirs. The store were very clean, with friendly staff. We knew we could never go wrong there. Were life still like that!
I remember my dad leaving me at one to go get his wallet he forgot at home!
They were pretty good, but their prices were outrageous. Had he scaled them down, he would have been more successful! Thanks David!
Thanks everyone!
@@owenbevans6062 You must have lived nearby! I don't think wee did...
There was a Stucky's road sign near my Grandparent's home for my entire life. I remember being so young that I thought Granddaddy just loved Stucky's so much that he had put up the sign. I remember him explaining it to me.
My family always stopped at Stuckey's first and foremost because us kids loved the little toy dispensers in the bathrooms. Plus the pecan rolls.
I remember Stuckey's from family vacations in the mid 1970's. Good times!
My uncle was a manager of a Stuckeys in North Carolina back in the 1980's. He sadly, died from cancer in 1991 at just 47 years old. Great guy, with a heart of gold.
My uncle and aunt ran a Stuckey's in Wyoming in the 1960's, if I remember correctly. I was so little I could be wrong about the details. It was way out in the middle of nowhere. A little oasis of civilization on long trips.
So sorry for your loss. My dad was just 38. Heaven doesn't wait for the good ones. They get an express pass to Paradise.
God bless him. May he be in a better place ❤️
Man Stuckeys was everywhere in the 70s when we'd go to GA to see family! Loved it! I got a tear when I saw the granddaughter is running it now. After Covid, I'm going to GA & going to a Stuckeys! Thanks.
I’m a 70 yers old guy who loved seeing Stuckey’s when riding cross country with my parents and siblings. My Dad LOVED the Divinity as his favorite candy. So we always stopped when we saw one. He grew up in a coal mining town in VA and Divinity was one of the few sweets they could afford. It was a sad time when Stuckey’s started closing. And later to see the old stores something else. I will always have the memories of them.
Remember on family vacations, driving across country and you always knew that there was a Stuckey’s from the turquoise roof and always stopped for the pecan rolls !! Loved it !!
Oh My!!! That brought back some beautiful memories ☺️
Summer vacation from California to Illinois, to visit Grandma & Grandpa🤗
Dad always stopped at Stuckey’s!!!!!!!
Thanks for bringing back a great childhood memory. 10 burgers for a dollar the easiest way to feed a family while traveling across the United States. Those were the days.
Stuckey's kept you alive on the road. The milkshakes, burgers and candy was life sustaining !
Man did that bring back memories ... I think Stuckeys was the original "truck stop"
Thank you Mr. Stuckey for giving us all great memories when families would travel and stop in to visit your stores and grab a delicious pecan log. I can still taste it today. So many great times back then I believe that we were truly blessed to have experienced those days. Rip Stuckey🙏
Yeah, Stuckey's was definitely part of the good ol' days. When road trips were king of the middle class.
I miss them on 1960's road trips as a kid, their log rolls were my all-time favorite candy. They want $30 for a 6 oz pecan roll today. Seems the full size original box was larger, being we bought 1 or 2 back then for 6+ of us they couldn't have been too expense.
And you were a pretty good mayor too Frank.
Frank have you seen Brett Weir lately?
@@gregggoss2210 😁🤔
Our Family used to travel the country when me and my sister were kids. Always got excited when we saw that Green roof.
thank you for bringing to my remembrance those wonderful road signs of the 50s!!!
In the seventies, it seemed there was a Stuckey's at every exit out West, incredible. The piano music is pleasant, thank you.
I remember back in the 1970's, and I was with a friend of mine we were heading to Michigan's Upper Pennisula and we stopped at a Stuckey's in Gaylord, Michigan.
The thing I remember about Stuckey's was that they had "Indian" stuff for kids. We had a drum, a rubber tipped spear, and a Chief's headdress, and maybe a bow and arrows. That was the big attraction for us when I was a kid.
Tomahawk!😄
Me too. I remember those souvenirs. Also cedar trinket chests and coin banks
I remember my folks buying me a little square plastic box containing some mexican jumping beans.
I remember all those things too.
Now I am dying for Pecan log....heard they are on amazon
I liked those USA states stickers on those revolving racks.
Yep. I was one of those pesty kids who, on our way to Florida for family vacation from Jersey back in the late 60's, just bugged the crap out of my dad to stop at a Stuckeys for a pecan log....ahh the memories. Now I live In Florida and believe it or not we have a Stuckeys nearby!
My parents made it a point to find and show us kids a Stuckey's on a cross country trip in '67. Somewhere in NM or TX.
Didn’t think they were around any more
I know of one in Sallisaw, Oklahoma off of I-40.
@@douglasdixon524 I live in AZ now but im from Oklahoma, i remember there was an abandoned one off I35 i think near Pauls Valley ... any ways i miss when Stuckeys was thriving :-)
Same for me only we were coming from Ohio down i75. I live outside Tampa now & loving it..
Good childhood road trip memories and as an RVer now I miss seeing Stuckey's on the highways they been replaced by those big travel centers
In the 1960s Stuckys was the one place where a 11 year old kid could buy a bull whip for $4.
Your going to put your eye out with that thing. I can still hear my sweet mama say! I miss her and my dad so! Wonderful childhood
What about the plastic handcuffs?
This explains a lot.
I bought mounted bull horns at Stuckeys. Good times!
Thank you so much for this lovely story on the Stuckey's brand!
I have great memories of stopping at Stuckey’s for lunch on the way to Florida. They had great milkshakes.
In 1972, when I was 7 going on 8, my mother and grandmother drove us from California to Massachusetts and back. Stuckey's quickly became one of our favorite stops along the way. I was sad to hear of their decline, but happy that they've experienced a resurgence in the last couple of decades. I'm sure it's not the same, but at least I have my memories.
There was one in Pa we used to stop at. My first memory of having a cheeseburger was from Stuckey’s that and coffee. Being young on long road trips was priceless!
In 1969 we drove from Houston Texas to Riverside California to visit my aunt. I was 9 years old. My fondest memories of that trip was stopping at a Stuckey's in I think Arizona. I had never had a pecan log roll, but I loved pecans, and that is all I talked about for years after. Hopefully they make a comeback, I would love to take my grandchildren for their first pecan log roll!
In the 4th grade, we went on a field trip to Williamsburg, Va from my school near Richmond.. We stopped at Stuckey’s on interstate 64. Now it’s a Shell station, but I still remember that trip (I’m 61 now).
Thanks for the memories..in 1964 my family drove from Detroit to Miami and I remember stopping at a Stuckeys and at 7 years old their souvenir shop was heaven I insisted on spending my money on a Real stuffed baby alligator with glass eyes and little teeth sticking out
And if not mistaken still have somewhere
Great times and Great stores..Thx
Such great memories of Stuckey’s. Family trips to visit my grandparents always included mandatory stop at Stuckey’s. I remember that us kids could find little toys there that you did not see anywhere else. They even had toys in wall mounted vending machines in the restrooms. My favorite was those little slider puzzles. How I would love to revisit those days.
I remember when Stuckeys had a location on US 20 between Rockford and Freeport Illinois. The building is still there but occupied by a different business.
Will miss this place, people working there, always had smiles on their faces, those were some of the best of times, and we'll never see in America ever again, so sorry
No, you're right. We are living in bad, bad times that will continue to get worse. I'm so glad I was born in 1959 and have so many good memories.
I'm 63 and Stuckey's and its Divinity has a prominent place in my memory of summer cross-country road trips with my family during the 60s. Seeing the billboard announcing there was one coming up was cause for us kids cheering in anticipation of that Divinity. I love watching these videos and going down my own memory lane. It's also sad because we're now experiencing the severe decline phase in this country and these memories put a fine point on it. Anyway, Stuckey's made a big impression on me when I was a kid and the mere mention of "road trip" brings it immediately to mind. Loved this video!
Stuckey's was always a "must stop" on family trips as I grew up in the 60's and 70's. I remember how they just quickly started disappearing. Now I know why. I loved their hot dogs as a kid and each location had metal Sheriff badges with the appropriate state seal in the middle. I had a drawer full of those at one time. Another great era gone by. I sure miss those days.
I really miss them too.
We drove from CA to. Wisconsin every summer. Stuckeys had a grab bag you cold buy. Soooo cool. My sis still makes for all the kids in the family now.
We did the CA to Wisconsin road trip every summer too (father's mother) and then on to western PA (mother's parents).
They had one in Bradenton,FL along I-75 & SR 64.Now it's gone.I remember purchasing a Cedar Wood Storage Box w/ a Color Photo on the lid of the Box once.I still have that Box.
I'm from Canada and went here several times on the way to Florida pecan rolls are amazing
We stopped at a lot of these traveling cross country in 1979. My brothers and I found ourselves needing a bathroom break each time we saw the signs. Of course I loved getting a new toy trinket at each stop. The kids meal I think came with a plastic hand puppet. There were also gumball machines with toys in the bubbles.
Good old days ,nothing but a memory now ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Wonderful memories of Stuckey's back in the 60's! We would always see Stuckey's signs along the road as we were traveling on vacation. Great video, thank you!😊
All through the 70’s our family of 3 boys with Mom & Dad drove to Florida for Spring Break annually from Chicagoland stopping mostly at Stucky’s to eat meals and fuel up as soon as we started coming across their locations in the Southern states. As kids we loved that every table had that triangle shaped game with golf tees inserted into drilled holes where the object was to jump tees removing them with the goal to leave only one tee.
I'm 61 now. But back in the 1960s and early to mid 1970s, I would bet that I had been in every Stuckeys in Georgia, Florida, Tennessee and Arkansas. My mom and dad were good about stopping so I could use the bathroom and get some candy. In states like Tennessee and Arkansas they also sold fireworks and sometimes my folks would let me get some bottle rockets and firecrackers.
Ahhhhhhh the good old days ❤️😋🙏 that would be lovely if she is able to make a comeback with it🙏
Captain America America oh my sorry I didn't... I just read someone else's comment saying hopefully Stephanie can bring it back 🤷♀️I assumed it was a daughter they were speaking of ... I just went back through the comments, I dont see it now. But the video does say it! But if she has passed as well I am sorry to hear that. Unless you misunderstood what I was saying?
Well for someone who’s dead, she’s pretty lively! She was in one of The Carpetbagger’s videos fairly recently.
Jaynie Nowell-Snoke 🤣❤️thank you 😅I thought I might be losing it😳❤️
Captain America America 🤣honestly GET OVER YOURSELF! It is not that big a deal except for a troll like you that gets off on correcting people who were simply trying to leave a nice message 🤦♀️it's not all that serious...not to mention in your hurry to find something wrong you assumed I meant the original owner, when I meant the young woman Stephanie sooooo do you know what happens when you assume???? 🤣let it go🤣
Jaynie Nowell-Snoke apparently captain America feels he is a know it all 🤦♀️and has nothing better to do then take a nice video that people enjoyed and find what he feels may be an error (which it was not👍) AND SAVE THE DAY🤣🤣🤣 in the comments section🤣🤦♀️
This was the forerunner to so many roadside stores that existed for traveling families. I still remember those divinity log rolls - so sugary you can't possibly imagine. When you're a little kid, those rolls were incredible. When you're an adult, the amount of sugar almost sends you into shock. But they were a fun place and most kids LOVED Stuckey's.
Even though we never stopped, I remember seeing Stuckey's signs along Rt. 23 when we were heading from Groveport OH to see relatives in KY. It was one of the more nostalgic images I remember from back in the 60s and early 70s :)
Good to hear Stuckey's is still here. As a kid on road trips (in a 1978 Buick Electra) the name "Stuckey" always stood out for me above all other gas stations, I wonder why?
Let's face it, Stuckey's was life.
Must have pecan log roll, must have pecan log roll, ...
I thought McDonald’s was life
@@turdferguson74 from the perspective of a 5 year old traveling across country during a family move, it's Stuckey's :)
@@turdferguson74 Somehow, that seems a bit depressing.
@@turdferguson74 Still is.
Still a stuckeys in italy texas between Dallas and Waco stopped 2 weeks ago 🤠💖👍
In the 60s on our annual trip to see my grandparents i bought a Whoopee cushion at a Stuckey's gift shop. It was a big hit with my cousins.
We also did annual road trips to see both my mother's parents (western PA) and my dad's mother (Madison, WI), starting out in San Diego. How I loved those road trips. We always stopped at Stuckey's multiple times along the way but I have no memory of the whoopee cushions. My cousins would have loved it if we showed up with those!
I loved seeing the Stuckey’s signs and eating in the cafes on their on the way down from Buffalo. Stuckey’s was a welcome indicator that we were getting closer to the palm trees, warm sunny beaches and later Disneyworld - Busch Gardens!
All the troubles we are having in this country now I fear that all things ‘Americana’ is slipping away only to be replaced by the new cancel culture nightmare!
Yes, I share this fear.
The left erases history to get to year zero. And then it’s Khmer Rouge time.
Magats can manage to bring politics into any conversation.
I feel much the same way. Kids can't be kids anymore - riding bikes all day during the summer until "curfew" (which was the street lights coming on), going fishing at the creek just down the road, outdoor skates &/or a skateboard, and so many other things that kids like us (those of us that are of a certain age) use to enjoy.
Stopping at Stuckeys was always a hi-point of any road trip. Best memories ever.
Many great memories waking up in my uncle's truck at Stuckey's, hungry and ready to chow down. I'd ride down south with him to pick up citrus and no matter what we'd stop and eat, great food, awesome coffee and I never left without a few pecan rolls for the road. Back when truckers could make an honest living without being prisoners to debt, this country's gone to hell in a handbasket.
Thank you Joe Obiden and all you
democRATS. CB
It's super cool that the granddaughter has been passed the baton. I hope Stuckey's continues to come back.
Wow... this was a staple in our travels. We kids watched every roadside sign and counted down the miles to the next Stuckeys as we bounced around the back seats with no seatbelt and windows wide open. The signs got more frequent as you got nearer and that built up our excitement. Don't know why it was so important, but I know mom and dad always let us get something, even a little trinket, and we were happy for the next 100 miles!
Absolutely describes my childhood! Thanks for sharing!
Have very similar childhood memories.
I'm glad I found your channel. I have enjoyed watching your videos. They bring back a lot of good memories. Thanks again, looking forward to
seeing more.
Good memories get sweeter as you get older!
I agree, love the channel!
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@@larryscarborough2403 oil? I don't get it! Clue me in!!
I remember going there in the 70's, driving from St. Louis to Indiana to see my grandparents
And getting free peanut brittle or divinity with a purchase of 10 gallons of gas or more. Oh the memories. 😊
A history of White Castle would be great.
Love your videos of older American Road s. I'm 73 and remember Burger Chef.
I'm from Indianapolis and ate many times in that 1st Burger Chef.
Thanks.
I remember one we stopped at on old US 60 in California west of Blythe somewhere in the middle of the desert. When I-10 bypassed the area in 1971-72 that ended all the businesses out there. The old road is still there but only the floor remains of the store as of 2014.
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I remember Blythe from family road trips between San Diego and Pittsburgh in the 60s and early 70s. One time, driving back west in my parents' trusty mid-60s VW bus, it was so hot as to be completely unbearable. My dad decided we'd stay in a motel in Blythe that day and then continue driving that night. Us kids couldn't wait to get in the pool... which turned out to be full of hot water covered in dead insects!
@@betsyj59 Blythe is indeed very hot and humid but someone got the idea that winters there would be great for retirees escaping the cold winters back east. Blythe wasn't given a second look but rather Quartzsite, AZ about 20 miles away. I remember it around 1968 and it had maybe 200 residents and a gas station and that was it. By the early 70s it was catching on and wasn't hurt much when the interstate bypassed it in late 1972.
Drove the family from NC to the west coast in the mid 90s. Had many a breakfast at Stuckey's along the way. "Alright, let's hit the road. We'll try for 500 miles today. Matt! Put that toy down and get in the van! We gotta make it to Amarillo!"
My family always stopped at a Stuckey's when we were on vacation in the '50s and '60s.
I worked at the Stuckey's that was located near Palm Springs California. It was one of my first jobs as a high school student in 1967/68. Mitch and Hellen were outstanding people to work for. They thought me the value of a good work ethic and treated me very well. The first day on the job, Mitch said to have all the "sample candy" I wanted. A very smart man he was. I ate more candy in my first 6 months, then I did for the remaining two years I worked their.
I think my parents loved stopping to buy taffy because it took a long time to eat keeping us 5 kids quiet for miles. We always stopped at Stuckeys and stayed at Holiday Inns....
Love these trips down memory lane.
Thank you!!🥰❤🙏
My dad called ‘em Stickey’s because during long road trips we were digging in the car cushions to find change to buy Pecan Log Rolls which we’d make a mess of not to mention get super thirsty and that was before bottled water was readily available
Funny to remember what it took to get a glass of water. Or you brought a cooler.
@@supercoolyguy Yeah, we were pretty poor so we'd always have that cooler with bologna sandwiches, and the cheapest brand of soda pop on our road trips. I remember the parents doling out servings of chips from large family-sized bags as well.
I’d love that! Thanks for sharing
As a kid, it wasn't summer without those hours on long, desolate highways in South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, and a stop at the exit with the cool teal roof of Stuckeys, beckoning the weary traveler! How I miss those trips... Very nice that the granddaughter is in charge now.
I grew up in Eastman, Ga. and remember the factory being open making candy. Hoping Stephanie can bring it back to it's former glory.
I remember the billboards on I-70 announcing how close you were getting to a Stuckey's. I also remember they had little games at the tables when you ate!🥰
This was the best part of going on vacation. We got to stop at Stuckeys! Awesome memories ❤️
In 1971 (or might have been early in 1972), when I was 3 or almost four years old, my parents and I drove across the country from Los Angels to Baltimore, Maryland, to visit my dad’s sister, see Washington, DC., New York, and pick up my father’s grandmother (my great grandmother), and then we drove back across the country to Southern California. All along the way and back, we stopped at Stuckey’s. We’d fill the car up with gas, get cold iced tea to drink, pecan candy, my mother would by “souvenir spoons” and I’d get some games/puzzles to play in the car (Wooly Willy and one of those moving tile puzzles, this one in particular being a map of the United States). When I think of Stuckey’s, I always think of iced tea in red and white striped waxed paper cups, with a plastic lid and straw, and sipping it to go in the back seat of the car.
Yep, I remember Stuckeys! They went with road trips like a hand in a glove. Fill up the tank, and get a soft serve ice cream cone all in a flash! Good to see their making a come back .👍
My dad and mom managed a store four about 10 years, best times of their life. thanks to the Stuckey family.
Stucky's and Nickerson Farms. Spent a lot of time in the back seat of my dad's Galaxy 500 driving between Denver and Kansas City in the 70's. Those were better days.
Remember the see through bee hives at Nickerson Farms? As a kid I was always worried about them getting loose inside the restaurant.
I travelled between Denver, CO and Salina, KS in the 1970s with my family and we frequented both Stuckey's and Nickerson Farms (the one in Russell, KS) too. My parents had a 1965 Ford Galaxy 500 until 1971.
I-35 between Minneapolis and the Iowa border had both a Stuckey's and Nickerson's. I believe the Stuckeys building or at least the remnants of a sign is still standing at the Elko New Market exit.
Better days for sure.
I was born in Georgia in 1968. I grew up eating these Stuckey's Pecan Log Rolls. Good food always brings back fond memories of long ago days.
I remember them in the midwest in 1965 when my family and I took a road trip in a camper from southern California to the New York World's Fair. There weren't any Stuckey's in southern California.
I remember family cross-country trips from around 1965 on (from San Diego to Wisconsin and Pennsylvania)... was never sure where they started popping up along the road. Our camper was the family VW bus.
Every time my grandparents would go on a road trip, they'd come back with tins of Stuckey's peanut brittle.
Wow mine did the same on their way back from Vegas and for mom always the pecan roll, thanks for bringing that memory back
Let's keep this in the family please! Do not hand it off to a corporation otherwise it will be the beginning of the end!
So very grateful 🙏 that their Granddaughter continues the Legacy ❤
Nostalgic!
Definitely a slice of Americana!
We knew we were close to grandma house when we saw the Stuckey's sign, loved the pecan roll always got two. It was some where on 81 in VA.
Harrisonburg Virginia, just off I-81.
@@gregggoss2210 or down the road at Mint Springs, VA
Loved stopping by there as a kid in the 60s thank you for the memories 🤗❤️
I am 58. When I was 3 in 1966, I went on a road trip with my Grandparents. Somewhere along I74 or I 55 both not completed yet we stopped at a Stuckey’s. My Grandma got the Log Roll - first and not last experience for me. I also decided at 3 years old to steal a pair of nail clippers on a keychain. Nobody noticed until my Grandpa kept hearing clicking noises. He found me out - and promptly drove back about 40 miles so I could admit my guilt and surrender my prized possession.
I’ll never forget those long road trips in the early 70s from Wisconsin to Tennessee, Louisiana and Mississippi, and dad always pulling into the parking lot where that big yellow sign stood on the roadside and that big blue roof covered the building. Mom used to buy big bags of pecans and crack them for dad, li’l brother and me, and damn were those pecans good!
Good ol' Stuckey's was always there waiting on the Turnpikes and highways of America when we were lil kids. We were all very happy indeed when mom & dad would pull in to Stuckey's for fuel. Then the pecan roll & pecan twists with Coke or Pepsi to wash it down.
I came from a family of 9 kids. In our travels we would all yell Stuckeys stop Dad. He would always say it was on the wrong side of the road. I it got to be a family joke. We did stop a few times loved the pecan puffs!!
These keep getting better! Really enjoy watching and waiting for the next one!
Ate there on a road trip back in 1990 and the food was delicious. I remember for breakfast they sold toast with scrambled eggs and it tasted homemade.
Our 99 cent breakfast special
Yes, I remember Stuckey's! They were wonderful stops and I and my sister would look in envy at all the souvenirs we couldn't afford. Gas and maybe a pecan log roll each. Good times!
I am a Georgia Native born and bred love there pecan logs!💜
I grew up in Eastman, Ga., My Grandfather, on my dads side, was friends with Mr. Stuckey. When I was in Elementary School, we would take field trips, about a mile from the school, to the Stuckey's Candy plant. They would take us back in the plant and we could watch the candy being made. They we got to sample whatever we wanted. Eastman was a small town. We only had one Stop light, until early 80's. You could always smell that sweet candy being made, all over town.
Anyone could go to the store that was located in front of the candy plant, and get huge bags of the end pieces, or candy that were not correct shape, for $5.00 a bag. You want to talk about good, it was still warm most of the time. Fresh Pecan log rolls pieces, right off the line. Yummy!
Most of the plant has been torn down, but the original building that house the store in front, is still there. But it is a kind of thrift store now. The Stucky's Carridge Inn, was torn down to make way for a car dealership, that is no longer in business.
The old Stuckey's home still stands right down town, next to the original Stop light. Not sure who has it now, but it still looks as grand as it has, since I was a small child.
That’s some great history! Thank you👍🏻
Thank you so much for sharing this story!❤
I used to live in an old Stuckey’s in GA. It was converted into a duplex and my neighbor burnt it down. Neat old building
I drove the USA coast to coast in the 70's, 80's and 90's, and stopped at Stuckey's all the time. The last time I went to a Stuckey's (outside of Tucumcari, NM), gas was $4/gallon. As I filled my 15 gallon tank, thinking of the cost, I was talking to a man who was filling his 100 gallon RV. He seemed to accept the high prices. I don't know the lesson, but I never forgot that incident.
Seeing this brings back great memories. It was a treat to stop at Stuckeys.
When I was a Child in the 1970’s, and my dad was on leave from the Navy, we would travel a lot and Stucky’s was one of our favorite places to stop. Our parents would buy my sister and me toys and candy from there. My dad also bought one of their coffee cups. At the time Stucky’s had a promotion which was a free cup of coffee for as long as you had the cup. My dad still had that cup even after they stopped that promotion. For a while, the only Stucky’s that was left that we knew of was in Wyoming.
i remember as a kid they used to have billboards along the highway, "60 miles to Stuckey's" then about 5 miles later "55 miles to Stuckey's" When you're stuck in the back seat of a car going cross country, it was all I had to look forward to.
My favorite billboards were the ones for South of the Border (a tourist attraction on the NC/SC state line). Most of them were bad puns, but hilarious to a child.
always got excited seeing those stuckey billboards on those long road trips.
During the 1960's during our summer road trip from NY to western PA along the Penna Turnpike we'd look forward to stopping at Stuckey's. Loved the pecan log. During a business trip a couple years ago I stumbled onto one that looked like it had one foot in the grave. I had no idea they even existed at all. I bought a pecan log to bring back to my sister in California. She was incredulous that I had found it.
Some of the stores definitely need some TLC. Working on it…
Very cool. i remember them. Always a good place to stop and fuel up, use a clean bathroom, eat an inexpensive good meal, buy a log roll and hit the road. I loved them because you could pause and relax because the vibe was not like a truck stop of Mickey D's.
Whenever my grandparents traveled, they always brought us pecan logs from Stuckey's. This would be somewhere around Holland MI.
Yes! I remember driving to Florida with my fiancé and going to a Stuckey’s what great memories thank you so much for the video!
As a boy driving cross country with my family in the 60s and 70s Stuckey's was such a GREAT little place to stop . It doesn't get more Americana than Stuckey's.
I noticed that “Americana” isn’t a term used much anymore.
We once had a truly All-American culture, but due to immigration, it’s been diluted into generic corporate blandness.
In it’s place are Starbucks everywhere. Yawn.
As a kid I even got excited just following the road signs on Highway 40 announcing that we were 4-3-2-miles away.
True! Those were the days, the days of the family cross-country road trip. After 1966 or 1967, we did them in a VW bus.
I remember Stuckey's and their billboards for breakfasts of eggs and toast. Looked yummy to me as a kid in the back seat!!! I also remember seeing some years later the empty Stuckey's buildings alongside the interstate.
I drove past a Stuckys on I-75 in Florida many times but just thought it was a truck stop so never stopped in. I didn't know about the pecan logs and now I have to have one because of this video! Looks like a road trip is going to happen.
I loved the " mystery " bags!! Never knew what you would get!!
The last Stuckey's I was in is west of Amarillo Tx on I-40 that was 4 years ago.
Just across the state line in New Mexico
@@rbrbro75 I'm from California but was stationed in New Mexico during my Air Force days back in the early1980s. I traveled to Amarillo and Lubbock several time while living in Clovis, NM and kept wondering during this entire video where I had seen a Stuckey's. Now I know.
@ilovegoodsax my parents and I moved from Riverside California to Amarillo, and that Stuckey's was a frequent stop any time we traveled
Still remember the Stuckey's out west on our trip to the Grand Canyon in '71...they were every 100 miles or so, back then. The last one I was in was on I-57 in North Central Illinois [near Buckley, I think] in around 1974, after that, they started to disappear from the interstates, in Illinois, at least.