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On this episode of Our American Stories, why were Coke bottles green? How do Delta Airlines and Coca-Cola relate? How did a syrup that was originally sold as medicine end up as the South's greatest export? Larry Jorgensen, author of The Coca-Cola Trail, tells the story of this sugary soft drink - first brought to market this day in 1886.

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On this episode of Our American Stories, why were Coke bottles green? How do Delta Airlines and Coca-Cola relate? How did a syrup that was originally sold as medicine end up as the South's greatest export? Larry Jorgensen, author of The Coca-Cola Trail, tells the story of this sugary soft drink - first brought to market this day in 1886.
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