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    • Dec 25, 1965
    Jimmy Dean visits a hog farm owned by in-law Troy Pritchard in Plainview, Texas. Shortly after, he buys half of the farm, starting down a road in business that will find him the owner of his own sausage company
    May 13, 1966
    Some fine pickin' and finger lickin': Colonel Sanders makes a guest appearance on the Grand Ole Opry, where he promises a free chicken dinner to the first 1,000 people who write him in care of WSM Radio
    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
    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 24, 1968
    Arkansas governor Winthrop Rockefeller begins his re-election campaign with an appearance in Winthrop. Six thousand people are treated to barbecue, soda, watermelon and Johnny Cash
    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
    May 24, 1969
    Plainview, Texas, declares Jimmy Dean Day as the singer arrives to open a sausage factory in the city
    May 25, 1969
    Jimmy Dean opens a sausage plant in his hometown: Plainview, Texas



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