Our Friday Find: Three descendants of Augustus P. Hager visited the Littleton Historical Society this week and donated photos and artifacts from the family. The Hager family lived at 338 King Street (Kimball/Morgan/Gruskowski) from 1858 to 1972. Leslie Augustus Hager was a Moxie salesman for 42 years and traveled extensively throughout the east coast in the Moxie Cadillac. Pictured here are two Moxie Cadillacs and the Moxie Horse mobile.
Are you a Moxie drinker? Moxie is…an acquired taste. My uncle once claimed it was the “blood of old schoolmarms.” Now owned by Coca-Cola, it is one of the first mass-produced soft drinks in the U.S. getting its start in Lowell in 1876. It is flavored with gentian root extract, which gives it its distinct taste.
- Lynne Webster My Dad and I love Moxie!
- (But we’re the only two in our family who like it)
- Claire Tierney Albertson
- My Dad always had Moxie in the refrigerator. He and I both liked it. Best sipped cold!
- Helen Lavertue Powers My Mom like Moxie. I did not acquire a taste for it.
- Janet Gail Hank Peirce aren’t you a Moxie fan?!