1
00:00:06,474 --> 00:00:12,833
In a Moment of Vision...

2
00:00:12,833 --> 00:00:15,341
It's 1905, Northern California.

3
00:00:15,341 --> 00:00:17,851
Frank Epperson is eleven years old.

4
00:00:17,851 --> 00:00:21,032
He's sitting on his front porch
making a sort of DIY drink

5
00:00:21,032 --> 00:00:24,352
that's very popular at this time.

6
00:00:24,352 --> 00:00:27,322
He has just poured a sugary soda powder
into a glass of water

7
00:00:27,322 --> 00:00:31,602
and is mixing enthusiastically
with a wooden stir stick.

8
00:00:31,602 --> 00:00:34,173
We don't know exactly how the next
24 hours play out,

9
00:00:34,173 --> 00:00:37,032
but we can imagine that something
catches Frank's attention

10
00:00:37,032 --> 00:00:40,283
and he abandons his drink mid-stir.

11
00:00:40,283 --> 00:00:42,094
After a cold Bay Area night,

12
00:00:42,094 --> 00:00:45,393
Frank rediscovers his mix drink
the next morning.

13
00:00:45,393 --> 00:00:47,793
It's frozen solid.

14
00:00:47,793 --> 00:00:49,322
But instead of throwing it out,

15
00:00:49,322 --> 00:00:53,522
Frank pulls the icy block of soda out
of the glass by the embedded stir stick

16
00:00:53,522 --> 00:00:58,683
and, in a moment of vision, licks it.

17
00:00:58,683 --> 00:01:00,096
Delighted by his invention,

18
00:01:00,096 --> 00:01:02,403
Frank begins making the frozen treat
for friends,

19
00:01:02,403 --> 00:01:03,823
and as he grows older,

20
00:01:03,823 --> 00:01:06,163
begins selling them as Eppsicles,

21
00:01:06,163 --> 00:01:10,384
a contraction of his last name
and the word icicle.

22
00:01:10,384 --> 00:01:11,655
It is rumored that later,

23
00:01:11,655 --> 00:01:15,514
Frank's own kids dubbed the icy
delicacy Pop's 'cicle.

24
00:01:15,514 --> 00:01:20,385
Others claim the name is a combination
of lollipop and icicle.

25
00:01:20,385 --> 00:01:24,856
Regardless where the name comes from,
the popsicle is here to stay.

26
00:01:24,856 --> 00:01:29,744
Approximately 2 billion popsicles
are sold each year.