Waco, Texas Register of Historic Places. In the late 19th century, a red-light district called the "Reservation" grew up in Waco, and prostitution was regulated by the city. The Reservation was suppressed in the early 20th century. In 1885, the soft drink Dr Pepper was invented in Waco at Morrison's Old Corner Drug Store. In 1845, Baylor University was founded in Independence, Texas. It moved to Waco in 1886 and merged with Waco University, becoming an integral part of the city. The university's Strecker Museum was also the oldest continuously operating museum in the state until it closed in 2003, and the
Kick (soft drink) Kick (soft drink) Kick was a citrus soda product by Royal Crown Company, Inc. developed in 1965. Kick was developed to compete with more popular citrus soft drinks in North America, such as PepsiCo's Mountain Dew With its tagline, "The hardcore, psycho, nitro drink in a can!", Kick hoped to carve out a niche market in the extreme sports, punk and video game subcultures similar to the success Sprite had with hip hop and streetball markets. The Kick brand was not successful; this was partially due to the perception that the tagline was part of artificial youth subcultural jargon created