In the early days of highway travel, hot and tired travelers found few conveniences. In 1926, Frank “Pops” Pohl opened a giant orange-shaped juice stand in Tracy, Ca., selling orange juice, lemonade, orangeade, and grapefruit juice, and it became very popular. He soon expanded, and his Giant Orange juice stands appeared on many California highways. In 1947, the Mammoth Orange was built in Chowchilla, near old Highway 99 and Robertson Blvd., first selling various juice blends and hot dogs. As hamburger stands grew more popular, it began serving Alaska Sized Burgers and Texas Sized Fries. Its owner, Margaret “Peggy” Dorler, could take ten orders without picking up a pen. In 1954, because of construction of the new Highway 99, the Mammoth Orange was moved to the intersection of Highway 99 and Ave 22 1/2 in Fairmead, Ca. In 1991, the Stiggins family bought the Mammoth Orange and the competing Whoa Boy Orange across Highway 99. The Whoa Boy Orange closed in the mid 1990’s. Still very popular, the Mammoth Orange finally closed in 2008 because of highway realignment construction. It was the last operating giant orange on Highway 99, and its name was especially fitting because it probably had mammoth fossils buried under it at the Fairmead location.