DQOn this day in history, the very first Dairy Queen store opened in Joliet, Illinois. Dairy Queen was first introduced to customers (before they were called Dairy Queen) back in 1938 where a father and son (John & Alex McCullough) who owned a mix plant business in Green River, Illinois had been experimenting with a soft serve dairy product. In August of 1938, they had a $.10 sample sale of this new soft serve product at their friend, Sherb Noble’s walk in ice cream shop. Within two hours, Noble dished out over 1,600 servings of this new ice cream treat. Since this new ice cream was such a hit, John and Alex decided to name it the “dairy queen”. Read more
