Dr. Edwin Eugene Beeman

Born1839
Died1906

Father of modern chewing gum. He made a fortune selling Beeman’s Pepsin Gum. He married Mary Cobb Beeman in 1862. They had two sons: Harry and Lester.

Ginger Ale Springs

Every day thousands of cars zoom past on nearby Markham Woods Road. Its bubbling brook gurgles only a few hundred feet from Interstate 4 and State Road 434. Hiding off in the woods is a tiny boiling spring. Although unknown even to most lifelong residents, for decades, it has been called “Ginger Ale Spring” by insiders.