C. Jacob Fussell: The Father of Commercial Ice Cream

In this installment of “History Off the Beaten Path,” we visit a formerly active stretch of railroad and learn about an ice cream magnate. Trucks belonging to the Fussell-Young Ice Cream Co., parked in front of the similarly named store, 1921–1922. Trucks belonging to the Fussell-Young Ice Cream Co., parked in front of the similarly named store, 1921–1922. Public Domain The tiny borough of Seven Valleys, Pennsylvania, with a population around 500, was once a thoroughfare for trains running from Baltimore to York, Pennsylvania. This rural area also lays claim...