Did Dr. Pepper Lose Their Famous Soft Drink Recipe?
It’s not clear what was in an old book that a man in Texas bought. Bill Waters was just traveling through the panhandle of Texas; when he found an old ledger filled with formulas in a Texas antique store. He paid 200 dollars for the old tablet and began to notice some strange things in the old book; several different recipes for things like piano polish, cough syrup, and hair restorer. One recipe that caught his eye was for “D Peppers Pepsin Bitters” and this made Mr. Waters do some research on the old book. He noticed some letterheads were from a Waco Drug Store and while doing research he found it was the first place that Dr. Pepper was sold at and this was W.B. Morrison & Co. Old Corner Drug Store. Charles Alderton was a pharmacist working in the Waco Drug Store and he started selling Dr. Pepper in 1885. The owner of the drug store in Waco, Texas was Wade Morrison. This was the start of the popular soft drink and today millions have tried Dr. Pepper. Also appearing on the cover of t
