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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>We need not forget RC (Royal Crown) Cola……especially
if accompanied by a Moon Pie. Any true Southerner will understand!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I have many Wythe County ancestors going back to the Revolution
so I like to believe it was in Rural Retreat. I well remember, as a child, my paternal
Grandmother and Great-aunts (from Draper in Pulaski County) telling me that Dr.
Pepper was invented in Rural Retreat.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>What
is the true story of Dr Pepper</span></strong><span style='font-family:Symbol'>Ô</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>There are a few different versions of how this beverage was conceived and
named. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>From the Wythe County Bicentennial Book authored by Mary Kegley:</strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>There are varying stories, but most accounts agree that the name was given
to honor Dr. Charles T. Pepper who was said to have concocted the drink. His
clerk at the store, Wade Morrison later went to Waco, Texas where he reproduced
the drink naming it Dr. Pepper. Some say Morrison created the drink in Texas.
After Morrison became the owner of the drug store in Texas, Charles C. Alderton
of New York was hired to handle the soda fountain and mixed fruit flavors,
finally blending the favorite drink now so popular. Robert Sherman Lazenby
(1867-1941) president of DR. Pepper Company for many years is also credited
with perfecting the flavor with a blend of 23 fruit flavors. The drink was
probably introduced to the public on a regular basis about 1885, was first
bottled in 1886. In 1888 it was bottled in Waco, TX by Artesian Manufacturing
and Bottling Company.<br>
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Dr. Charles T. Pepper also had a son, Louis or Louie, an optometrist who was
also known as Dr. Pepper. He worked part time in his father's drug store and
also claimed to have developed the formula for the drink.<br>
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Another story is that Morrison had romantic aspirations on Dr. Pepper's
daughter. Dr. Pepper was not in favor with the match and that is why Morrison
left for Texas. This story is probably not true because within the time frame,
Dr. Pepper's daughter would only have been around 5 at the time Morrison left.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Ed Painter - Narrows, Va currently living in Russellville, AR.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
nw-mailing-list-bounces@nwhs.org [mailto:nw-mailing-list-bounces@nwhs.org] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>NW Mailing List<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 05, 2009 11:07 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Dr. Pepper's origins?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:black'>I recall Dr. Pepper as being "only a Southern pop" like
Nehi. Dr. Pepper's screen-door icon and roadside signs depicted a clock showing
the times to take a a Dr. Pepper were 10, 2 and 4. I lived in Cleveland, but
spent all my summers in Pulaski County, VA - both Nehi and Dr. Pepper were
special summertime treats for me; they never showed up in Cleveland.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'>John Carnahan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'>Columbus, OH<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:black'>PS: My Wythe County (Va.) uncle always told me that Rural Retreat
was the cabbage-and-sauerkraut capital of the world, but I don't recall his
mentioning Dr. Pepper. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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