The owner of an old Kentucky truck stop, Joann Back, recently discovered a treasure trove of decades-old photos of truckers and their trucks as Back was performing renovations on the building.
The former truck stop is located off of Route 60 near Olive Hill, Kentucky.
“I own the old truck stop (built in 1954) on US 60 west of Olive Hill Kentucky. We’ve been doing some renovation to the building, and while climbing up in the attic we noticed a 4×8 sheet of plywood nailed up to form a room. On the plywood looked like that old brick wallpaper but upon closer inspection, we realized it was covered in old photos of truckers and their trucks in front of the truck stop, over 300 of them, most have their names and some have death dates. It’s been tucked away from the sunlight for more than 50 years. The old truck stop has been in the family since 1970.
A lot of these men were long haul truckers from all over the United States.
The woman who ran the truck stop loved her customers—she took pictures and glued them to this 4×8 sheet of plywood and displayed it behind the counter.”
