The Biedenharn Family Opens Monroe’s Coca Cola Plant

The last picture I will share of the Mac Ward collection, is one showing Mr. Ward interviewing the Biedenharn family for the grand opening of the Monroe Coca Cola plant in 1968. Only Representative Otto Passman is identified. He is the man on the far left. Mac Ward is the dark haired man, second from … Continue reading The Biedenharn Family Opens Monroe’s Coca Cola Plant →

A Lost Story of a Young Hero, Recently Uncovered

Monday of last week, I was helping research friends of Emma Louise "Emy-Lou" Biedenharn. I happened to be searching their names on Newspapers.com to see if I could find any photos of them. What I accidentally stumbled on, was an account of one of them saving Emy-Lou's life! On the afternoon of March 9, 1917, … Continue reading A Lost Story of a Young Hero, Recently Uncovered →

Emy-Lou Biedenharn

I wrote this back in 2007 for LA Road Trips Magazine. Way back in 1913, the building that would become the Biedenharn Museum was just a glimmer in the eye of Joe Biedenharn. Joe had become quite successful in the family candy company business in Vicksburg and in his endeavor to bottle Coca-Cola. The … Continue reading Emy-Lou Biedenharn →