Four Decades of Service
The Clayton, Ind. TA has given drivers a respite from the road since 1969
Growing up, Don Thompson learned the truckstop business firsthand. His father owned one, and Thompson worked there during high school. In 1958, he followed in his dad’s footsteps and became a truckstop operator, and in 1969, he opened the Indianapolis West Travel Center in Clayton, Ind., which became a TA in 1997. “My dad eventually sold his truckstop and went into the motel business,” Thompson says with a laugh. “But I stuck with it.” Nearly 50 years later,…
