Fun Facts from the St Josephs aspirin web site. Bluff City is near Bristol. If you follow NASCAR you know where Bristol is located. St. Joseph was founded in 1887 by a Bavarian immigrant, Leopold Gerstle. He was the kind of person you might say was part of the backbone of America: Hard-working. Adventurous. Tireless. Motivated. Committed. Caring. Determined to make a difference. Qualities that still define who we are at St. Joseph today. Leopold started his business in a small drug store in Bluff City, Tennessee, the Gerstle Medicine Co., which was the forerunner of what was to become the St. Joseph Medicine Co. The origins of our name? Its believed that Leopold spent some time in St. Joseph, Missouri, prior to settling in Tennessee and combined with that, he was also likely inspired by St. Joseph, patron saint of families, children and the sick.
Posted on: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 02:15:32 +0000
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