George Foster came out to California after World War II with an eye toward opening Dairy Queen outlets, as he had acquired the DQ franchise rights for the state. Unfortunately, strict laws protecting California’s dairy industry kept him from using the “dairy” part of the name at the time. So, he decided to open softContinue reading “Fosters Old Fashioned Freeze”
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Augustus W. Timms
After serving in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War (1846-48), German immigrant Augustus W. Timms, shown at left with his wife Louise, settled on Catalina Island, where he had a goat farm. He also established a boat landing there which became known as Timms Landing. The area was known by that name for decades until the cityContinue reading “Augustus W. Timms”
