In 1905, Avon Kenneth Weaver bought an interest in the Corinth Bottle Works, a small soda water plant. At that time, Coca-Cola was being produced in Jackson, Tennessee, and shipped by rail to Corinth. Mr. Weaver obtained a Coca-Cola franchise for Northeast Mississippi in 1907. The company is still owned by the same family.
The story of Coca-Cola has enthralled people since the beginning in 1886. Thousands of people collect, buy, sell, and swap almost every article ever stamped with the famous Coca-Cola trademark.
The Coca-Cola Museum is located in downtown Corinth. The exhibits in the museum include historic images, collectables from the past 100 years and interactive computer stations with information about the 100 years of Corinth Coca-Cola. Along with a number of vintage coke machines and display areas, there is a mockup of the bottling assembly line, which until recent years was part of every Corinth school child’s field trip destination. The visitor will remember days gone by when cokes were a nickel and always in a bottle. As a tribute to those days, the museum offers everyone a bottled coke when they enter.
This attraction is part of Corinth, Mississippi, student tours
Coca-Cola Museum
