Kool-Aid was invented in Nebraska? Oh yeah, it was! Edwin Perkins came up with it in Hastings, but its Nebraska roots go even deeper than that.
Nebraska Public Media producer Andy Hermann busts through walls to get the story.
Guests, in order of appearance:
- Linda Buck, Site Manager, Museum of the High Plains (McCook, Neb.);
- Ryan Cramer, Curator, Cambridge Museum (Cambridge, Neb.);
- Teresa Kreutzer-Hodson, Director, Hastings Museum (Hastings, Neb.);
- Dick Shoemaker, nephew of Kitty & Edwin Perkins (Cambridge, Neb.);
- Chuck Shoemaker, nephew of Kitty & Edwin Perkins (Hastings, Neb.).
Additional audio: excerpt from Nebraska Nightly on NET Radio (May 21, 1998), anchored by Nancy Finken. Special thanks to Alexis Scargill, Media Archivist, Nebraska Public Media.
(For more on Kool-Aid's Nebraska roots, watch this video from Nebraska Stories.)
