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• Caesar sent teams of runners into the mountains to get snow, which was then flavored with honey, fruits and juices.
• Marco Polo returned to Italy from the Far East with a recipe that closely resembled what is now called sherbet. Historians believe that this is the recipe that evolved into ice cream sometime during the 16th century in Italy.
• Ice cream was first made available to the general public for the first time at Cafe Procope, the first cafe in Paris. Throughout the 18th century ice cream became more and more popular in Europe.
• In 1845, Nancy Johnson invented a hand operated ice cream freezer which helped Americans enjoy ice cream in their homes.
• In 1899, five million gallons of ice cream were produced in the U.S.
• Some sources claim that cones were probably invented when Ernest A. Hamwi set up his pastry stand at the 1904 World's Fair next to one selling ice cream. When the ice cream stand ran out of dishes, Hamwi shaped one of his pastries into a cone.
• In 1920, Harry Burt Jr. of Ohio came up with the idea of ice cream on a stick. He called it the "Good Humor Bar." Mr. Burt's customers did not have to come to him. He used specially decorated white cars to bring the treats right to customers.
• Ice cream became so identified with American culture in 1921that the Commissioner of Ellis Island included ice cream in all arriving Americans' meals.
• "Soda Fountains" serving drinks mixed with carbonated water, ice cream and syrup became a part of many drug stores. The young men who mixed the sodas were called "soda jerks" because they had to jerk on the faucet handles to pour the soda.
• One young "soda jerk" by the name of Guy Cusenz, worked in the early 1930's in Walgreen's in downtown Rochester, New York.
• Guy's daughter Terri and her husband David Lagana opened Hot's Point in 1984, serving food as well as Perry's Hard Ice Cream and Upstate Farms' soft custard.