Do you remember
Wild West Firewater?
I've got to admit, I'd never heard of this soft drink until I saw it mentioned in Allen W. Ashbolt's reminisce about his father's company, World Trade Inc., and the various soft drinks it produced in Lorain.
I found a little bit of information about the brand online on one of those trademark websites. Apparently the name was registered with the United States Patent Office in 1976.
And I was pleasantly surprised to see a Wild West Firewater can for sale on Ebay right now (
above).
As for its flavor, the can says it was a flaming red soft drink, so it must have been cherry-flavored. So I'm assuming it was positioned as a competitor to
Cherikee Red (which by the way is still available in Ohio and Pennsylvania ).
I sure like the design of the label.
