As Americans embraced long-distance car trips, places like the Twin T-Ps restaurant opened to feed travelers along the highway, near Green Lake. The exterior, a pair of 25-foot crimped-metal tepees, was designed to catch the attention of automobile occupants. This photo was taken in 1937, the year this location opened. In 1942, a man named Walter Clark bought the place, added his last name, and hired his old army buddy, Col. Harland Sanders, to cook here. According to HistoryLink, he worked on his “Kentucky-fried” chicken recipe in the restaurant’s kitchen before becoming a fast-food legend.
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