In addition to elementary and secondary schools, he founded Hershey Industrial School for orphan boys. Hershey had attended school only through the fourth grade but wanted more for the next generation. He established houses, schools, churches, parks and even a trolley system. Hershey developed the town that bears his name - and which is now a world-famous tourist attraction - as a community for his employees. This company town was built on sweets Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, circa 1918. He sold the parent company in 1900 for $1 million so he could concentrate on chocolate-making.
and its trademarked line of Crystal A caramels. Hershey failed at two businesses before he started the successful Lancaster Caramel Co. He worked for years to perfect a recipe for milk chocolate, something the Swiss had kept a closely guarded secret. He became fascinated with chocolate-making after he attended the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893. (Source: Hershey Community Archives, Hershey, Pennsylvania)įounder of the Hershey Co., Milton Snavely Hershey, was born in 1857 in Derry Church, Pennsylvania, a city now known as Hershey. Hershey as an apprentice at Royer’s Ice Cream Parlor with another worker in 1873. As you shop the Valentine treats aisle this year, consider these little known facts about the ubiquitous candies and the iconic American company that produces them: 1. at the grocery store, the office if not in a gift box. Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, which means you’re almost certain to run across some bite-sized morsels from the Hershey Co.
0 kommentar(er)
