{"id":21330,"date":"2016-06-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/natso.com\/petro-dodge-city-397s-great-idea-historic-outhouse\/"},"modified":"2024-03-15T16:19:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T16:19:12","slug":"petro-dodge-city-397s-great-idea-historic-outhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.natso.com\/petro-dodge-city-397s-great-idea-historic-outhouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Petro Dodge City #397&#8217;s Great Idea: Historic Outhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.natso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2232-1b17e77b78285dd7cd17500a64337e0b.jpg\" alt=\"OuthouseforArticle.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"850\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One of the ways <a title=\"Petro Dodge City on ��������Website\" href=\"\/articles\/articles\/retailers\/88\">Petro Dodge City #397<\/a> in Hanceville, Alabama, sets itself apart from its competition is by having an historic outhouse in its truckstop.<\/p>\n<p>The idea to add the outhouse was sparked by Operations Manager Keith Wade when reminiscing with an old friend at Petro about a truckstop that had a large grizzly bear in the lobby. The friend shared that one of his cus&shy;tomers was trying to track down that truckstop with the bear that she re&shy;membered from trips to the beach in her youth. &ldquo;It got me thinking that people remember destination sites and I need to do something,&rdquo; he shared.<\/p>\n<p>His idea? Add an historic outhouse that was inexpensive and worked with their Dodge City Theme. They were lucky enough to have a 75-year-old artisan in the area who built it out of old barn wood.<\/p>\n<p>The idea is generating the buzz he desired. &ldquo;The great thing that has happened is we have had hundreds of people take photos of themselves in it. We have had to reinforce the poop deck as 250-pound drivers get inside it on occasion,&rdquo; he shared. It is also generating some good old-fashioned fun. &ldquo;We have seen no negatives, only laughter,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;We just hope that no one ever re&shy;ally uses it!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo Credit: Keith Wade<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>HAVE A GREAT IDEA YOU WANT TO SUBMIT?<\/strong> Send a high-resolution picture of your location&rsquo;s great idea and the story behind it to Amy Toner at atoner@natso.com.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the ways Petro Dodge City #397 in Hanceville, Alabama, sets itself apart from its competition is by having an historic outhouse in its truckstop. 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