when was dr. pepper founded
Dr Pepper in 1885. It was served at the drug store where Alderton worked and the first. Dr Pepper fans asked for a Waco. The oldest soft drink in the United States, it was later named Dr Pepper, according to legend, after Dr. Charles Pepper, a friend of the drug store owner. Nearly 100 years later, three New York-area health food storeowners created a unique apple soda they named Snapple.