On this day 72 years ago, the first Whataburger opened, selling burgers, chips and drinks
of the chain into the deep south and Midwest, including new stores in the Atlanta area as well as Colorado.
The first Whataburger was opened by Harmon Dobson, offering 5-inch burgers so big people"had to hold it with two hands," Whataburger wrote. A year after the first location was opened, Dobson split from his business partner, Paul Burton, with Burton being given the franchise rights to all San Antonio-area locations.Dobson began to expand the business to other markets in short order, and there were 17 Whataburger locations by the end of the 1950s, including the first outside of Texas in Pensacola, Florida.
The first of Whataburger's signature orange and white-striped A-frames was built in Odessa in 1962. The 1960s also saw the addition of fries to Whataburger's menu.
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