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.
As a good brother, I felt obligated to purchase some candy for the party. Being a regular shopper of Amazon, I found these Haribo Gummy Bears and decided they would do, considering they were a 5 lb bag. What I did not consider was that aliens genetically engineered these bears to take out all sugar and thus make them unfit for human consumption.