The Delco Truck Stop opened in 1952 and three years later became the Pure Oil Truck Stop, where gasoline sold for 17.9 cents per gallon and a restaurant served meals from ham and beans to meatloaf. Between 1952 and 1960, the restaurant offered $1.20 lunch specials, a bottomless cup of coffee for a nickel at any time, year-round twenty-four hour service, and sleeping quarters for 75 cents per night for truckers who fueled there. In 1963, Eddie Baize became the owner and operator, and after Pure Oil merged with Union 76 in 1965, it became Eddie's Pure/Union 76 Truck Stop. Favored by its location relative to Chicago and St. Louis, it averaged 30 customers per hour in its prime. In 1976, interstate highway site requirements and sewage treatment regulations led to its closure after it had provided a home for truckers and become part of the fabric of Towanda, and it remains remembered as a significant feature of Historic Route 66.