Assignment #16:
Milton Hershey was born on September 13, 1857, to Veronica "Fanny" Snavely and Henry Hershey, in the central Pennsylvania town Derry Church, renamed Hershey in 1906. His only sibling, Serena, was born in 1862. Due to the family’s moves he dropped out of school after he turned 12 years old. He then served a four-year beginner with a Lancaster candy and ice-cream maker, Joseph Royer. In 1876 after completing his beginner experience he established his first candy-making business in Philadelphia. The Candy business failed due to lack of finance and customers. He moved out westward to Colorado with his father. Once Milton and his father got there he then looked for a secure job, unlike his father who went in the search of gold.
With the proceeds from the 1900 sale of the Lancaster Caramel Company, Hershey initially acquired some 1,200 acres of farm land about 30 miles northwest of Lancaster, near his birthplace of Derry Church. There, he could hold the large supplies of fresh milk needed to produce milk chocolate. Excited by the potential of milk chocolate, which at that time was a Swiss luxury product, Hershey was determined to develop a formula for milk chocolate and market and sell it to the American public. Through hard times he created his own formula for milk chocolate. Hershey continued to experiment and perfect the process of making milk chocolate.
The main candy that comes from Hershey that we eat today is the original Hershey Milk Chocolate Bar. Most people like it because well people like chocolate so that makes it even better. Not only that but it's sweet and almost everyone has a sweet tooth. Another good reason is it can also be romantic which is why people purchase chocolate on Valentines Day. So as you can see not only has Milton Hershey had an effect on our lives but his chocolate too.
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