How a rural Oklahoma truck stop became a destination for Sikh Punjabis crossing America
by Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times
Jul 01, 2019
3 minutes
SAYRE, Okla. - Truck stops run by Sikhs from the Punjab region of India have grown across the U.S. Truck Stop 40 in Sayre, Okla., is among the oldest, biggest and best-known.
Truck Stop 40 is easy to skip. Yellow billboards with bold red letters advertise it off Exit 26, halfway between Amarillo and Oklahoma City, promising a "truck and service garage" that sells sandwiches. But mechanics and fast food are easy to come by on Interstate 40 and by themselves are no reason to stop.
To hundreds of Indian American truckers passing
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