Milton Hershey was born on September 13, 1857, in a farmhouse near the Central Pennsylvania village of Derry Church. Milton was in the fourth grade when his Mennonite father, Henry Hershey, found his son a position as an printer's apprentice in Gap, Pennsylvania. Milton later became an apprentice to a candy-maker in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and candy-making became a passion which Milton grew to love.
Milton Hershey - First kendi Shop

In 1876, when Milton was only eighteen-years old, he opened his own kendi tindahan in Philadelphia. However, the tindahan was closed after six years and Milton moved to...