Bug Ranch
by Susan McMenamin
Title
Bug Ranch
Artist
Susan McMenamin
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Bug Ranch - Bug Ranch - Conway, TX. Since 1967 the Crutchfields have operated a service station and souvenir shop on the south frontage road of I-40 at its crossing with TX 207 in Conway.
But business took a turn for the worse when a Love's Travel Stop (a truck stop) opened on the other side of I-40: most of the potential customers went there.
So the Crutchfields decided to create an attraction on the south side of the Interstate and found inspiration in the Cadillac Ranch (west of Amarillo): they parodied it by burying five Volkswagen Beetles (Bugs) nose down in the ground.
Visitors came but business did not improve and the Crutchfields moved on. The visitors paint the cars with spray paint just like they do at the Cadillac Ranch.
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October 6th, 2016
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