Everyone has heard of Kentucky Fried Chicken and Colonel Harland Sanders. He was born in Henryville Indiana in 1890. He died in Louisville in 1980. Here is a link to learn more about the Colonel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_Sanders. We have mentioned stopping to see his original restaurant in Corbin every time we travel on I-75 so we have finally been there.
I met the Colonel while working at Chris Volz Motors in Milan Indiana. I believe he lived in Seymour Indiana at that time. I was a mechanic at the GM dealer while in high school and until 1973. The Colonel bought new Cadillacs and I became his preferred mechanic. He would have been 70 years old at that time. He was very friendly and always dressed in his famous white suit. Maybe I should have asked him for a job in the chicken business?
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The original restaurant started in 1932 was named Sanders Cafe, on the right.
A KFC restaurant is connected and on the left side. |
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| The Colonel did a lot of things while. He had a motel, garage and filing station next to the restaurant. He also had a ferry boat in Louisville and sold Prudential Insurance before moving to Corbin. That's another connection for me as I also sold Prudential Insurance for a while after I left the GM dealership in 1973. Maybe I could have been selling chicken instead of insurance if I had asked him! |
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| He built a model motel room inside the restaurant to advertise the motel. |
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| The model room is still there as part of the restaurant/museum. |
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| The original restaurant with kitchen, office and the model motel room. |
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