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By Unknown, circa 1915

Milton Snavely Hershey

SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER

1 ► Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, Hershey, Derry Township — Milton S. Hershey — (1857 - 1945) —

Entrepreneur and philanthropist born here September 13, 1857. Founded Lancaster Caramel Company in 1886 and Hershey Chocolate Company in 1894; introduced milk chocolate in 1900. Developed Hershey as a model town and home of the world's largest . . . — — Map (db m7137) HM

2 ► Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, Hershey, Derry Township — The Homestead —

Milton S. Hershey was born here on September 13, 1857. The house was built by his great-grandfather, Isaac Hershey, in 1826. Milton S. Hershey purchased The Homestead in 1897 and lived there with his wife Catherine from 1905 to 1908. The building . . . — — Map (db m7138) HM