What is National Black Cow Day?
On June 10th, each year, the National Black Cow Day float beverage is also known as a Root Beer Float. That's right, the root beer and vanilla ice cream drink was also known as a Black Cow. It was originally made with vanilla ice cream, but now it's also available with chocolate ice cream or even plain cola flavor.
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Frank J. Wisner of Cripple Creek, Colorado, gets the credit for inventing the Black Cow way back in August of 1893.
Wisner, the owner of the Cripple Creek Cow Mountain Gold Mining Company, was staring out the window and wondering about the line of soda waters that was produced for the citizens of Cripple Creek one night. A scoop of vanilla ice cream was reminded of by the full moon on the snow-capped Cow Mountain that night. He hurried back to his bar and added a spoonful of creamy vanilla goodness to the children's favorite flavor of soda, Myers Avenue Red Root Beer. He knew he had a hit when he tasted it. It was sure enough, it was!
Black Cow Mountain was the new creation, but the local children changed the name to Black Cow.
