the first KFC

Finger-lickin’ good (Corbin, Ky.)

Harland Sanders, born in 1890 outside Henryville, Ind., opened his first restaurant in Corbin, Ky., in 1930. The restaurant, situated in the front room of a gas station, was called Sanders Court & Café. One of its most popular dishes was fried chicken.
In 1936, Kentucky's governor made Sanders an honorary Kentucky colonel in recognition of his contributions to the state's cuisine, and in 1952 Col. Sanders began franchising his restaurants; Pete Harman of Salt Lake City, Utah, became the first Kentucky Fried Chicken franchisee, and by the end of the decade more than 200 Kentucky Fried Chicken outlets were operating in the United States and Canada.