Cola, from its inception in 1886 as a medicinal tonic by pharmacist John Stith Pemberton to becoming the world's most ...

I t's a fun yet familiar fact that Coca-Cola, one of America's oldest soft drinks, contained actual cocaine in it until ...

On May 8, 1886, pharmacist John Stith Pemberton hauled a jug of his latest patent medicine—a tonic he called Coca-Cola—over to Jacob’s Pharmacy on Peachtree Street. The syrup was mixed with ...

The most popular example is Coca-Cola, which was first brewed on March 29, 1886 by Georgia-based pharmacist John Stith Pemberton. The sugary soda was originally marketed as a “nerve tonic.” ...

Nineteenth-century people also struggled with things like addiction unaided—like John Stith Pemberton, the Georgia pharmacist who first brewed Coca-Cola syrup in his backyard on this night in 1886.

In May 1886, John Stith Pemberton, a pharmacist and Confederate Army veteran, came up with a new beverage. Originally planned as a medicine, an accidental addition of carbonated water convinced ...

More than 100 years of growth has handsomely rewarded investors (and their progeny). Coca-Cola had already evolved significantly since Atlanta pharmacist John Stith Pemberton invented the formula ...

John Stith Pemberton invented Coca-Cola. Grover Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty. King Ludwig II of Bavaria died, much to the delight of Bavarians.

John Stith Pemberton was born in 1831 in Knoxville, Georgia -- a small town in Crawford County – and that’s something the people who live there are proud of. "We would like people to realize ...

Seeing this commercial success, Dr. John Stith Pemberton in Atlanta -- himself a morphine addict following an injury in the Civil War -- set out to make his own version. He called it Pemberton's ...

Coca-Cola was invented in Atlanta, Georgia, by pharmacist Dr. John Stith Pemberton in 1886 and originally sold for $0.05 a glass at the nearby pharmacy’s soda fountain.

coca-cola-2_kl_113022. In May 1886, John Stith Pemberton, a pharmacist and Confederate Army veteran, came up with a new beverage.