James Vernor was an American pharmacist and florist based in Detroit, Michigan, best known for inventing Vernors ginger soda, a carbonated drink originally made from ginger, vanilla and other natural flavorings aged in oak casks. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1862/00/00 | James Vernor stores a keg of a new ginger drink he is developing, then departs to serve in the American Civil War. | Vernors | |||||
| 1866/00/00 | James Vernor opens the old keg of ginger soda pop he left aging during his Civil War service. | Inventor | Vernors | ||||
| 1866/00/00 | Pharmacist James Vernor opens a drugstore at the southwest corner of Woodward Avenue and Clifford Street in Detroit. The moment he begins producing and selling ginger ale at its soda fountain is uncertain, possibly not occurring until around 1880. | Owner | Vernors | ||||
| 1896/00/00 | James Vernor opens a new soda fountain and ginger ale factory on the west side of Woodward Avenue just south of Woodbridge Street in Detroit, choosing a site closer to downtown and the busy ferry docks at the foot of Woodward. | Owner | Vernors |
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