Yesterday Devin said that he thought the rootbeer float was the first of it's kind. I had no idea so off to google I went. Yes, google is a verb now.
Rootbeer was not the original choice for a float. According to Soda Fountain magazine (1910), Robert Green invented a new drink consisting of vanilla ice cream and your choice of 16 flavors of soda water (PA in 1874). Fred Sanders of Detroit is also known for creating the Boston Cooler in the 1880's. It typically contains a golden ginger ale and vanilla ice cream. Oddly, Ohioans have been known to call a rootbeer float a Boston Cooler. David was aware of this, but I had never heard of it. A Snow White is 7up and vanilla ice cream. Up until today I only knew of Coke, Pepsi, and rootbeer floats. Very interesting indeed.
This info was found on Wikipedia.
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