The town is named for Samuel Shannon, who purchased land at that location from Chickasaw Chief Itawamba in the early 1800s, then built a cabin and a farm. More settlers arrived following the Treaty of Pontotoc, which ceding Chickasaw land in exchange for financial compensation.
A gummy bear (German: GummibÃ¤r) is a small, fruit gum candy, similar to a jelly baby in some English-speaking countries. The candy is roughly 2 cm (0.8 in) long and shaped in the form of a bear. The gummy bear is one of many gummies, popular gelatin-based candies sold in a variety of shapes and colors.
People seem to prefer variety in their gummy bears. Of our top-five selling gummy bears, three are variety packs. Yet the biggest seller, by no small margin (60 percent more than No. 2), is the gourmet 12-flavor gummy bears. Thatâs more than double the number of flavors in the ubiquitous Haribo Gold Bears.