Birthplace of Barq's - Biloxi, MS
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N 30° 23.755 W 088° 52.691
16R E 319561 N 3364154
Location in Biloxi, MS where Barq's root beer was manufactured for over 35 years.
Waymark Code: WMJ0PX
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 09/06/2013
Views: 7
The Barq's Brothers Bottling Company was founded in 1890 in the French Quarter of New Orleans. The family then moved to Biloxi.
Inscription:
Barq's root beer was created by Edward C. Barq, Sr. in 1898 and produced on this site until 1936, when the operation moved to Lameuse Street. A Mississippi Gulf Coast favorite, the number of franchise bottlers grew to over two hundred by 1950. Acquired by The Coca-Cola Company in 1995.
Date Installed:: 1998
Organization that placed the object:: Erected by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
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