This soft drink company began production in Biloxi, Mississippi in 1898.
- Barq’s Root Beer
- Coca-Cola
- Dr. Pepper
- Pepsi-Cola
Barq’s Root Beer. For many years the soft drink was marketed simply as “Barq’s” to avoid legal trouble with the Hires Root Beer which claimed a trademark on the name “root beer.”
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