St. Augustine, Florida is the oldest European settlement in the United States— even before Virginia’s Jamestown—established by the Spanish in 1565. That means the city just celebrated its 450th year in 2015. There are plenty of beach-y things to do, but also lots more that make this city an amazing gem for travellers to uncover.
Check out 10 things to see and do that should be on the top of your itinerary when you decide to #SeeSomeStAugustine. — Marquaysa Battle
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Meet Isaac E. Emerson. He earned a chemistry degree, then moved to Baltimore and opened up a pharmacy. Soon he had three pharmacies.
Emerson noticed that his customers were always complaining of headaches. The products he was selling weren’t doing the trick. He, being a chemist and all, decided to make a concoction that would cure what ailed them.
This is how we get Bromo Seltzer, which turned out to be a mild tranquilizer and was lethal in high doses. The FDA banned the product in the 1980s. But the company had almost a 100-year run and amassed millions before that happened.
But that’s not what we’re here to talk about.
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