Neptune Beach
While visiting one of my favorite blogs, Everton Terrace , I was blown away to discover that the Popsicle was invented in my hometown! "Once upon a time people danced on the stage, lounged on the beach and swam in the pool. They awed at champion swimmers like Johnny Weissmuller and muscle bound men like Jack LaLane. They rode on the hand-carved carousel and screamed while aboard the roller coaster as it dipped and rose and dipped again." Once upon a time at Neptune Beach. "In 1905, Frank Epperson, then only 11 years old, left a stir stick in a mixture of powdered flavored soda and water out on the porch. That night, temperatures in San Francisco reached a record low. When Epperson woke the next morning, he discovered the drink had frozen to the stir stick, creating a fruit flavored 'icicle', a treat he had named the Episicle." "He then waited 18 years before releasing it to the public. In 1922, the ice-lollipop w...