Paul’s Truck Stop: Homemade Pies, Delicious Coffee

The featured photo above is of Paul’s Truck Stop on South Orange Blossom Trail facing southbound. Ruth’s dad pumped the gas and her mom made the homemade pies. The family lived upstairs over the truck stop with few neighbors and a lot of cows. Occasionally people would come to use the phone as the last telephone line pole until Kissimmee stopped on their property. There was a little dirt road beside the gas station that led back to Oakridge Cemetery which is still there today.

Ruth Butler, describes the business her parents, Paul and Doris Schankweiler, started in the spring of 1947 in this excerpt from an oral history interview on April 16, 2014.

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Paul and Doris Schwankweiler with their three daughters baby Lois, Joan, and Ruth, right, in front of their new Amoco gas pumps.

Photo of Paul’s Truck Stop on South Orange Blossom Trail facing southbound. View northbound photo.

Paul’s Truck Stop on South Orange Blossom Trail looking northbound toward what is today Sand Lake Road. People would come to use the phone as the last telephone line pole until Kissimmee stopped on their property.

Business card for Paul’s Truck Stop on South Orange Blossom Trail. Paul’s daughter, Ruth Butler, describes the business her parents, Paul and Doris Schankweiler, started in the spring of 1947. Ruth’s dad pumped the gas and her mom made the homemade pies.

Photo of Paul’s Truck Stop on South Orange Blossom Trail. Today it is the corner of Orange Blossom Trail and Sand Lake Road. Paul’s daughter, Ruth Butler, describes the business her parents, Paul and Doris Schankweiler, started in the spring of 1947. Ruth’s dad pumped the gas and her mom made the homemade pies. The family lived upstairs over the truck stop with few neighbors and a lot of cows. Occasionally people would come to use the phone as the last telephone line pole until Kissimmee stopped on their property. There was a little dirt road beside the gas station that led back to Oakridge Cemetery which is still there today.