How was the coke float invented?!
How was the coke float invented?
Who was the 1st person to make one, how did it happen? Just curious :P
Answers:
"The root beer float is thought to have been invented by Frank J. Wisner in August of 1893. He was inspired to "float" a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top of his Myers Avenue Red root beer from his late night glimpse of the snow on top of the blackened Cow Mountain (location of his gold claims) illuminated by the full moon overhead. It was an instant hit with the children of Cripple Creek who soon shortened the convoluted name Mr. Wisner came up with to just a "Black Cow". Mr. Wisner often remarked that if he had a nickel for every time someone ordered a Black Cow, he would have been a rich man."
I'd guess the Coke float came the next day.... Funny especially seeing now days, a "black cow" is a coke float and a "brown cow" is a root beer float.
Check out the rest of the wikipedia story, there are all different kinds of variations... a pink cow?
Source(s):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/coke_float...