Capitalizing on their experience in Primm, they established the 188 Slop 'n Shop, offering food, water, supplies, and repair services to travelers.
Samuel Kerr and his daughter, Michelle, chose this location after realizing just how much traffic was going to flow up Highway 95 to Vegas now that the I-15 was shut down, adding to the usual troop movements between Hoover Dam and Camp McCarran. However, a trading post wasn't established here until the late 2281, when a pair of traders from Primm set up shop here after the NCRCF prison break forced them to flee the city and the wave of escaped convicts. Originally nothing but an ancient highway interchange, the confluence of Highways 95 and 93 has always seen much traffic, especially after the NCR moved into the Mojave around 2274.
