The Original Sonic Drive-in
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stoneposse
N 36° 07.404 W 097° 03.528
14S E 674693 N 3999380
Located in Stillwater,OK.
Waymark Code: WM4H6
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 12/04/2005
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The first Drive-in named Sonic but not his first drive-in.
1953 Troy Smith opens his first Top Hat Drive-In in Shawnee,
Okla., featuring an intercom speaker system for ordering and Carhop delivery
service.
1956 Charles Pappe partners with Smith and opens the second Top
Hat in Woodward, Okla.
1958 Top Hat Drive-Ins operating in Enid, Shawnee, Stillwater
and Woodward, Okla.
1959 Due to copyright issues with the Top Hat name, drive-ins
are renamed SONIC Drive-In for "Service with the Speed of SoundSM."
In June, the Stillwater drive-in is the first to change its name to SONIC.
Post a picture of yourself with the America's First Sonic sign.
