A Brief History Of Coca-Cola, America's Most Famous Export
theculturetrip.com › north-america › usaSep 07, 2016 · In 1888, just before his death, Pemberton sold Coca-Cola to Asa Chandler; Chandler, an avid businessman, expanded, selling Coca-Cola to cities outside Atlanta. In 1894, a Mississippi soda fountain owner was interested in making Coca-Cola portable, installing a bottling machine behind his soda fountain and bottling Coke for the very first time. In 1899, exclusive rights to bottle and sell Coca-Cola were sold to three men from Tennessee, and by 1916, over 1,000 plants were bottling Coke.