When was the last time your drank Coke or any soda that came out of a fountain? Remember drinking soda from a fountain at the local drug store in the neighborhood as a child? McGill Historical Drug Store Museum near Las Vegas, NV is the perfect place to check out if you're interested in learning about what old time drug stores were like many years ago. You'll see a collection of drug paraphernalia and many different artifacts covering almost the entire 20th century. With all the modern technology and malls we see today, most of them with built in pharmacies; most of us can barely remember what an old time drug store was all about. Unfortunately, our children never got the opportunity to know about drug stores. Only in a select group of very small towns do we still some drug stores, as we knew years ago.
Most of us remember drug stores as a child and going there for some penny candy on the counter or to have a soda or other beverage at the counter. The counters in drug stores were unique with the matching stools. These are some of the unique features you'll see at the McGill Historical Drug Store Museum. During the summertime, Dan Braddock will be there behind the counter ready to serve soda from the fountain. If you're not up for a soda, he'll offer you ice cream soda, a double scoop cone or, possibly, a milkshake. The museum is loaded with memorabilia, but the only things for sale are the ice cream products. Dan is the curator of this drug store museum as well as the chairman of the White Pine County Historical Society.
Tourists and even the locals still enjoy going to McGill for tours and their great old-fashioned fountain treats. It's like watching old reruns of "Happy Days" at Arnold's.
