<P> Co-Founders `` Beaver '' Aplin and Don Wasek opened the first store , which is still open as of 2017 , in Lake Jackson , Texas in 1982 . Aplin formed the name Buc - ee 's by combining his childhood nickname and the name of his Labrador Retriever , Buck . </P>
<P> Co-Founders `` Beaver '' Aplin and Don Wasek opened the first store , which is still open as of 2017 , in Lake Jackson , Texas in 1982 . Aplin formed the name Buc - ee 's by combining his childhood nickname and the name of his Labrador Retriever , Buck . </P>
when did the first buc ee 's open
when did the first buc ee 's open
1982
1982