http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2011/07/which-of-them-really-invented-dr-pepper.html Stories, quotes and anecdotes. Wed, 15 May 2013 13:33:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2011/07/which-of-them-really-invented-dr-pepper.html#comment-1239211 Debbie Sat, 09 Feb 2013 19:48:52 +0000 http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2008/07/which-of-them-really-invented-dr-pepper/#comment-1239211 I was Born in Marion and grew up hearing the story from the family. The way it went was, the Pharmacy assistant was supposed to mary the Pharmacist’s daughter, but stole the formula, which was made and served at the Rural Retreat “drug strore soda counter” and ran off with the recipe, getting credit for it’s formula. Mountain Dew was formulated in Marion, just a stone’s throw away.

]]> http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2011/07/which-of-them-really-invented-dr-pepper.html#comment-227846 Chip "Roket Man" Allen Fri, 22 Jul 2011 22:51:44 +0000 http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2008/07/which-of-them-really-invented-dr-pepper/#comment-227846 As I sit here, 10 miles up Rte. 11 from Rural Retreat I firmly resolve not to tell my wife about this post. She’s a Wythe County native while I’m a transplant from Virginia Beach. When that woman gets her teeth into something she just won’t let go. A story about this controversy aired on PBS a couple years back and she spent the next week or two convincing me they were all wrong!

]]> http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2011/07/which-of-them-really-invented-dr-pepper.html#comment-329 wooman21 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:31:42 +0000 http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2008/07/which-of-them-really-invented-dr-pepper/#comment-329 That is the true story of dr. pepper. His son took it to Waco when he died. Waco did actually make dr pepper, but the formula was made in Rural Retreat.

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