CreekWalker
Well-Known Member
I dug a pit today after the high water went down in the creek next to where the bottle resided. It was a overgrown and filled-in gully where the locals and the nearest store owner dumped ther trash 60 years ago. With 4 foot of water flowing there for three days the bank was cleaned of the usual trash, debrie and brush. The creek bank was hard and shined brightly with the glass of many shards. I found several good bottles, one really scarce local. The big surprice was a blue aqua hutch from Greenwood Miss. It is embossed: WRIGHT & BRANTLEY (in oval) , GREENWOOD MISS on the front, and STREAM BOTTLING WORKS on the back. My research so far shows Wright, or his son as the owner of the Coke plant there. Digger McDirt had an amber straight side Coke, and I have bid on a few of them on the bay. Brantley was the owner of the Coke plant in Yazoo City, Miss. after he and Wright parted ways. I have seen the Wright's Steam Bottling hutches for sale , and they appear to be rare and possibly valuable, because of his connection with Coca Cola. What's the scoop on this hutch?!