To prepare it, the bark of the cinnamon tree is dried and rolled into cinnamon sticks, also called quills. Cinnamon can also be dried and ground into a powder. The characteristic flavor and aroma of cinnamon comes from a compound in the essential oil of the bark called cinnamonaldehyde.
The nationâs first winery and vineyard was in Jessamine County, Kentucky. By Frank Goad. Jessamine County is home to the nationâs very first winery and vineyard. You may be aware of the rapid growth of Kentuckyâs wine industry over the past 10 to 15 years.
The plaque reads: At this site in Dec. 1913, Gulf Refining Co. opened the first drive-in facility designed and built to provide gasoline, oils, and lubricants to the motoring public.. Site of First Gas Station. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A historical marker stands at the street corner where the world's first drive-in gas station opened in December 1913. Until then, drivers got their gas at general stores, hardware shops, even soon-to-be-obsolete blacksmiths. Photos of the first-of-its-kind facility show a small central island covered by a large roof that extended over surrounding driveways -- a convenient pull-it-in-and-gas-it-up design familiar even today.