TEXAS HISTORY MINUTE

Dr. Bridges is a Texas native, writer, and history professor. He can be reached at drkenbridges@gmail.com. Dr Pepper Hundreds of brands of soft drinks have been produced and sold around the world. One of the most popular is a Texas original, Dr. Pepper. Dr. Pepper was the creation of a young pharmacist names Charles Alderton. Alderton was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1857 and traveled…