Texas and beef go together like chips and salsa. And while Texas is known for its beef, did you know that Dr. Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885? It's true. Brooklyn-born Charles C. Alderton worked as chemist at Morrison's Old Corner Drug Store and is credited with creating Dr. Pepper. The drug store prided itself on quality products. The Waco Daily Examiner wrote this about it in 1885, "Messrs. Castles & Morrison, proprietors of the 'Old Corner Drug Store, have now placed themselves in position to furnish their patrons with the finest soda water to be found in the state. They use in connection with it, ice chipped from the North Pole. Only the very purest juices are used in the flavoring. Messer's. Castles & Morrison defy the world on the ice cream soda." It was into this environment that the popular tonic was invented. Various stories speculate on how and why it was called Dr. Pepper.
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