47 Facts About Colonel Sanders

1. Colonel Sanders created two institutions which were the Colonel Harland Sanders Trust and Charitable organization which supported charities which cared for women and children.

2. Colonel Sanders eventually sold the Kentucky Fried Chicken for $2 million to John Y Brown.

3. Colonel Sanders sold off the restaurant in 1955 after the interstate was opened.

4. In 1942, Colonel Sanders worked as a hotel supervisor, after which he operated government cafeterias in Tennessee.

5. In 1930, Colonel Sanders operated a service station for Shell Oil Company in Corbin Kentucky.

6. Colonel Sanders lost his job in the railway company after a brawl with his colleague.

7. Colonel Sanders studied law in his spare time through correspondence through the La Salle Extension University.

8. In 1909, Colonel Sanders worked for the Norfolk and Western Railway.

9. Colonel Sanders left home at the age of 13 and took a job, painting horse carriages in Indianapolis.

10. Colonel Sanders had a tough time with his stepfather, William Broaddus and in 1903, dropped out of seventh grade and went to work as a farm hand.

11. Colonel Sanders was born on 9th September 1890 east of Henryville, Indiana.

12. Colonel Sanders used the pressure cooker to prepare the chicken, and this reduced the cooking time, enabling Sanders to serve many customers.

13. Colonel Sanders married his first wife, Josephine, at the young age of 19.

14. Colonel Sanders obtained a patent protecting his method of pressure frying chicken in 1962.

15. Colonel Sanders was "re-commissioned" as a Kentucky Colonel in 1950 by his friend, Governor Lawrence Wetherby.

16. Colonel Sanders eventually moved his operation to a restaurant across the street, and featured a fried chicken so notable that he was named a Kentucky colonel in 1935 by Governor Ruby Laffoon.

17. Colonel Sanders died in Shelbyville, Kentucky on December 16, 1980, after a seven-month battle with leukemia.

18. Colonel Sanders served as the company spokesman, making personal appearances and television commercials.

19. Colonel Sanders had no luck with the better restaurants, said John Neal, a franchisee.

20. In 1949, Colonel Sanders was honored with the title of Kentucky colonel, this time by Lieutenant Governor Lawrence Weatherby.

21. Colonel Sanders continued to alter his chicken recipe to get the seasonings just right.

22. In 1937, Colonel Sanders tried to start a restaurant chain in Kentucky, but his attempt failed.

23. In 1929, Colonel Sanders moved to Corbin, Kentucky, a small town at the edge of the Appalachian Mountains, and opened a gas station along US Route 25.

24. Colonel Sanders bought the patent rights and launched a manufacturing company.

25. Colonel Sanders created the Kentucky Fried Chicken fast food chain at the age of 66.

26. Colonel Sanders was buried in his characteristic white suit and black western string tie in Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville.

27. Colonel Sanders died at Jewish Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky of pneumonia on December 16, 1980 at the age of 90.

28. Colonel Sanders bought and lived in a bungalow at 1337 Melton Drive in the Lakeview area of Mississauga from 1965 to 1980.

29. In 1965, Colonel Sanders moved to Mississauga, Ontario to oversee his Canadian franchises and continued to collect franchise and appearance fees both in Canada and in the US.

30. Colonel Sanders obtained a patent protecting his method of pressure frying chicken in 1962, and trademarked the phrase "It's Finger Lickin' Good" in 1963.

31. Colonel Sanders believed that his North Corbin restaurant would remain successful indefinitely, but at age 65 sold it after the new Interstate 75 reduced customer traffic.

32. Colonel Sanders was "re-commissioned" as a Kentucky colonel in 1950 by his friend, Governor Lawrence Wetherby.

33. Colonel Sanders left his mistress, Claudia Ledington-Price, as manager of the North Corbin restaurant and motel.

34. Colonel Sanders went to work as a supervisor in Seattle until the latter part of 1942.

35. Colonel Sanders lost his job in 1924 when Michelin closed its New Jersey manufacturing plant.

36. Colonel Sanders moved to Winchester, Kentucky, to work as a salesman for the Michelin Tire Company.

37. In 1920, Colonel Sanders established a ferry boat company, which operated a boat on the Ohio River between Jeffersonville and Louisville.

38. Colonel Sanders moved to Louisville and got a sales job with Mutual Benefit Life of New Jersey.

39. Colonel Sanders lost his job at Illinois after brawling with a colleague.

40. In 1909, Colonel Sanders found laboring work with the Norfolk and Western Railway.

41. Colonel Sanders progressed to become a fireman at the age of 16 or 17.

42. Colonel Sanders was honorably discharged in February 1907 and moved to Sheffield, Alabama, where his uncle lived.

43. When he was 10, Colonel Sanders began to work as a farmhand.

44. Colonel Sanders was the oldest of three children born to Wilbur David and Margaret Ann Sanders.

45. Colonel Sanders recognized the potential of the restaurant franchising concept, and the first KFC franchise opened in South Salt Lake, Utah in 1952.

46. Colonel Sanders began selling fried chicken from his roadside restaurant in North Corbin, Kentucky, during the Great Depression.

47. Colonel Sanders is the most beloved gentleman in Kentucky, and the only fast food franchiser honored with a bust in the state capitol.