The first Wendy’s restaurant was opened in 1969 in which US state?
Dave Thomas (businessman) Wendy's about a year later. After serving as a regional director for Kentucky Fried Chicken, Thomas became part of the investor group which founded Arthur Treacher's. His involvement with the new restaurant lasted less than a year before he went on to found Wendy's. Thomas opened his first Wendy's in Columbus, Ohio, November 15, 1969. (This original restaurant remained operational until March 2, 2007, when it was closed due to lagging sales.) Thomas named the restaurant after his eight-year-old daughter Melinda Lou, whose nickname was "Wendy", stemming from the child's inability to say her own name at a young age.
State highways deleted by the Utah State Legislature in 1969 1969 and immediately reassigned to old SR-2 (US-40) through Wendover. State Route 63A went from State Route 63/US-50 in Scipio to SR-1/I-15. This was deleted in 1969. State Route 64 - River Road from the Arizona state line north to SR-1 (US-91) in St. George - was added to the state highway system on May 12, 1931. It initially ran through St. George via 700 South, 700 East, 300 South, and 200 East, but was moved to use 700 East all the way to SR-1 (100 North) on January 25, 1963. After its deletion in 1969, the number was not