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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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