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<DIV>Dr. Pepper was very popular in the Bluefield area in the late '40's and
early '50's when I was growing up there. </DIV>
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<DIV>Dave Phelps</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 5/5/2009 11:30:58 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org writes:</DIV>
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style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>That was
the legend around Rural Retreat, however, according to the <BR>Dr Pepper
Museum website<BR><BR>" There are several stories surrounding the naming of Dr
Pepper. The <BR>most popular is that Wade Morrison worked for a man name
Dr. Charles <BR>Pepper in Rural Retreat, VA before he moved to Waco and
became the <BR>owner of The Old Corner Drug store where Dr Pepper was
invented. The <BR>story is that Morrison fell in love with Dr. Pepper's
daughter, but <BR>Dr. Pepper would not let them get married. To make his
fortune he <BR>moved west to Waco and named the new exciting drink after
Dr. Pepper <BR>to win the hand of his daughter. We do have census
records that <BR>indicate that this legend is probably not true. Dr.
Pepper in Rural <BR>Retreat, Virginia had a daughter who was eleven at
the time of Wade <BR>Morrison's employment. Mr. Morrison is not the
person who invented Dr <BR>Pepper but Dr. Charles Alderton, a pharmacist
who worked for Mr. <BR>Morrison at his Old Corner Drug Store. This is
also documented and in <BR>our archives. I hope this clarifies any
confusion. "<BR><BR>I don't know that it ever generated business for the
N&W, Rural <BR>Retreat is not exactly a huge tourist
draw.<BR><BR>The Roanoke Valley was, at least in the 1950s sold more Dr Pepper
per <BR>capita than any other metro area east of the
Mississippi.<BR><BR>The only way to connect this back to the N&W would be
supplies and <BR>materials to manufacture the drink were probably
brought in via rail <BR>in those days. However, to my recollection, the
bottling plant did <BR>not have a rail siding, so it would have been
trucked to the plant <BR>itself.<BR><BR>Ken Miller<BR><BR>On May 5,
2009, at 8:00 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:<BR><BR>><BR>> I don't mean to
be slightly off-topic here but I thought the common <BR>> myth was
that Dr. Pepper was "invented" along the N&W at, in, or <BR>>
near Rural Retreat, VA. I know this was at least an early formula
<BR>> but if anyone can fill in the missing parts of this tale and how
it <BR>> made business for the N&W, I think it would be
interesting.<BR>><BR>> Thanks.<BR>><BR>> Bob
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