Ice cream did not always come in a cone. Even up until the late 1800s, street vendors often served it in small reusable glass ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. selection of ice cream and cones with toppings - Kirin_photo/Getty Images While the origins of ice cream stretch as far back as ...

On July 23, 1904, according to some accounts, Charles E. Menches conceived the idea of filling a pastry cone with two scoops of ice cream and thereby invented the ice cream cone. He is one of several ...

ST. LOUIS — The most popular and long-standing myths of St. Louis stem from the 1904 World's Fair. The event was rife with new experiences for everyone who attended, including unfamiliar cultures, ...

ST. LOUIS — Today's throwback segment tackles a debate from well over a century ago was the ice cream cone truly invented in St. Louis?

ST. LOUIS -- As the hot and hungry multitudes traipsed through the St. Louis World's Fair in the summer of 1904, business was good for the ice cream vendors. Too good, in fact, for one, who sold so ...

While the origins of ice cream stretch as far back as the Tang dynasty from 618 to 907 A.D. -- or even further to ancient Greek and Roman times -- the chilly treats people of the past enjoyed weren't ...

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