Dan Goecke

The Baker Chocolate Company History Dan Goecke

The Baker Chocolate Company is the oldest producer of chocolate in the United States. The company was established when a physician named Dr. James Baker met John Hannon on the banks of the Neponset River. Irishman John Hannon was penniless but was a skilled chocolatier, a craft which he had learned in England and which was, until that point, exclusive to Europe. With the help of Baker, Hannon was able to set up a business where he produced "Hannon's Best Chocolate" for 15 years. In 1779, Hannon went on a trip to the West Indies and never returned. His wife sold the company in 1780 to Dr. Baker who changed the name to Baker Chocolate Company.

Hannon possessed the rare skills required to create chocolate-a delicacy exclusive to Europe-but had no way of putting this knowledge to use. Baker, with pockets bursting, wished to make a name for himself-and the two men would become America's first manufacturers of this rich treat, using a mill powered by the same river upon which they met.

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