Denver Masons

Famous Masons/Shriners
Col. Harland Sanders, founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken Restaurants. He began selling fried chicken from his roadside restaurant in Corbin, Kentucky, during the Great Depression. Sanders identified the potential of the restaurant franchising concept, and the first Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) franchise opened in Utah in 1952. The company’s rapid expansion across the United States and overseas saw it overwhelm the ageing Sanders, and in 1964 he sold the company to a group of investors.

He was initiated in Henryville (Indiana) Lodge No. 651 in 1917, and affiliated with Hugh Harris Lodge No. 938 in Corbin, Ky, in 1953. He was also a 33º Mason and a noble of Oleika Shrine, Lexington, Ky.