2. Milton Hershey Social Studies Review

3. Childhood  In 1857 Milton Hersey was born in Pennsylvania  He grew up on a farm  His family moved a lot  In 1967 his parents separated, he stayed with his mother  In 1870 he stopped going to school at the age of 12 years old

4. Career  His 1 st job was as a printer  After that, he worked at Royer’s Ice Cream Parlor and Garden in Lancaster, Pennsylvania  He started experimenting with different ingredients  After 4 years, at the age of 19, he opened his own candy store in Philadelphia  He made taffy and sugar candy; Chocolate was too expensive  In 1882 he had to close his candy store  He then worked in a gold mine  The gold was running out, so he went back to a candy store and learned about Caramel

5. About his candy career  In 1884, he opened a new candy store in New York City  In 1893, he went to the World Fair in Chicago and was introduced to Chocolate  In 1886, his store closed and he moved back to Pennsylvania  He started a small caramel factory in Lancaster. The Lancaster Caramel Company  In 1900, he sold Lancaster Caramel Company for $1 million dollars

6. His life in Pennsylvania  In 1898 he married Catherine (Kitty) Sweeney  In 1903 he made a chocolate factory near his birth place in Pennsylvania  Milton Hershey made Hershey town for all of his factory workers to live  His town included a bank, a zoo, schools, a park and a trolley car line  Milton named all the streets with names related to chocolate  In 1909, he started the Hersey Industrial School for Orphan boys  He died in Hershey, Pennsylvania

7. About Hershey Candy  Hershey Kisses were first called Sweethearts  Hershey bar was the first Hershey candy to be made  The sugar came from Hershey, Cuba  He gave candy to troops that went over to England to fight in World War I for him  The company of Hershey still made candy such as Reese's peanut butter cups, and NutRageous, and Twizzlers after he died

8. Pictures and a map of Hershey

9. The picture is showing a measure ment place at Hershey Park

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