Background
Johnson, Howard Dearing was born in 1896.
Johnson, Howard Dearing was born in 1896.
Owner small patent medicine store and soda fountain, Wollastone, Massachusetts, 1925-1928. Founder Howard Johnson Restaurant, 1928. Owned and franchised 135 companies along the East Coast, by 1940.
Owned 400 restaurants, by 1954. Franchised his first motor lodge, Savannah, Georgia, 1954.