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Jul 4, 1966
George Jones opens his first amusement park--the George Jones Rhythm Ranch, in Vidor, Texas--and begins a friendship with guest performer Merle Haggard
Jan 20, 1967
Gene Autry's Golden West Broadcasters purchase the KTLA-TV studio on Hollywood's Sunset Strip for $5 million from Paramount, which had been leasing the property to Golden West
Feb 17, 1967
Loew's announces it's purchased the lease on the Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco from Gene Autry
Nov 17, 1967
Minnie Pearl serves fried chicken to guests Roy Acuff, Tex Ritter and local politicians as she opens Minnie Pearl's Chicken Systems, the home office for her fast-food chain, at 2708 Franklin Road in Nashville
Jan 2, 1968
The Hyatt Corporation takes over the Continental Hotel in West Hollywood after buying it from Gene Autry, who insisted the contract start on January 2, instead of January 1, so he could keep bar receipts from New Year's Eve
May 1, 1968
Stock in Minnie Pearl's Chicken Systems is traded publicly for the first time
Aug 3, 1968
Minnie Pearl's Chicken holds its grand opening on Murfreesboro Road in Nashville
Aug 30, 1968
Cowboy singer Gene Autry gives a rare locker room pep talk to his baseball team, the California Angels. It is not enough to keep them from finishing the season eighth among the American League's 10 teams
Oct 6, 1968
The Tennessean reports the Little Jimmy Dickens Smoke House will open on Richard Jones Road in Nashville within the next 60 days
Jan 27, 1969
The Little Jimmy Dickens Smoke House opens at 2030 Richard Jones Road in Nashville's Green Hills neighborhood
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