In the Beginning...
Way back in 1940, three Sheldon brothers who were in the lumber business at the time, traveled around Virginia to locate a logical spot to build a motel and restaurant to capitalize on the growing travel and leisure market. The trio settled on a piece of land in Southside Virginia at the intersection of highways 15 and 360. The business was open 24 hours a day and a restaurant building and motel rooms were completed just before the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941. The war years were difficult for everyone as rationing caused many shortages and labor became a problem as the war effort attracted many men who worked for us. As a result Sheldon's was forced to curtail the hours of operation late one night as no help arrived for work. The owners realized that no one had a key for the front door so they nailed it shut that night. After several years Sheldon's closed briefly until someone leased the property until the end of the war when Buck Sheldon returned. He soon met Frances Dixon, married, and the rest became history.
