6. The First KFC Franchise Did Not Open In Kentucky, But In Utah In 1952
Returning to Pete Harman, it was his franchise restaurant that became the first to open in 1952 - in South Salt Lake, Utah. Harman already ran a restaurant but he was good friends with Sanders and believed that fried chicken from Kentucky would sell better because it seemed more "exotic". The name "Kentucky Fried Chicken" was not coined by Harman though - but by a sign painter named Don Anderson, who the restaurant owner had hired. So the first "Kentucky Fried Chicken" was not even in the state of Kentucky!