How one Meadville man created a chocolate chip empire, sold it, then started all over again that very same year in the same town with the same name, setting legal precedence along the way and sparking the unionization of local female factory workers. It’s a sweet ride full of chips and dips. 

Autumn in Pennsylvania by Gertrude M. Laley courtesy of Crawford County Historical Society.

Newspapers.com Trowbridge Chocolate Chip Company, William Sherman Trowbridge

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122376890/william-sherman-trowbridge

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122376887/ellen-trowbridge

ancestry.com William S. Trowbridge, Ella McLaughlin

https://libraries.psu.edu/about/collections/sanborn-fire-insurance-maps

https://www.meadvilletribune.com/

Original music written and recorded by Jeff Rose of Gin & Sonic studio.