A. B. & E. Co Amarillo, TEX

[groundsloth]

I am trying to figure out the full history of the A.B. & E. Co from Amarillo, TEX. I have heard they were the original Dr. Pepper manufacturers and have heard that they were counterfeiters of Dr. Pepper.Anyone know the whole story?

 

[sunrunner]

hi . hay I have the same bottle . dug it up last year .I heard the same story about them being the original Dr . Pepper , don't know about the counterfeiter part .

 

[cowseatmaize]

The abbreviation doesn't come out as Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Company and it's not in Waco so it can't be the first. There were a lot of bottlers that dealt in ice, saddles and you name it around so Amerillo bottling & something would make sense but I don't know what the "E" would be. There are also some soda types that show they were telephone companies too. I had one of those from up here in Mass.