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George Washington and Thomas Jefferson served it to their guest.
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Nancy Johnson patented a hand-cranked freezer that established the basic method of ice-cream is still used today.
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Local soda fountains started selling ice cream sodas minus the soda which only left the ice cream and syrup.
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The walk away edible cone made its American debut at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.
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Harry Burt invented the Good Humor Ice-cream Bar and patented it in 1923. Burt sold is ice-cream from a fleet of white trucks equipped with bells and uniformed drivers.
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The idea for the Esikmo pie was created by Chris Nelson, an ice cream shop owner from Onawa, Iowa. He thought of the idea spring 1920 after he saw a young man having difficulty choosing between ordering an ice-cream sandwich and a chocolate bar.
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