Koca Nola News

Updated: August 13, 2010

08-13-10: Updated Home page "Where To From Here?" section.  Added a photograph of a stunning Koca Nola quart bottle to the "Confirmed Koca Nola Franchises" portion of the Koca Nola History page.   Added a business card image to the Contact Us page.  Added details concerning the sale of a Keen Bottling Company Koca Nola bottle which recently brought over $525 at auction!

08-02-10: Added photographs of Scottsboro, AL and Tracy City, TN crown tops to the "Wanted For My Personal Collection" portion of the How You Can Help page.  Added a photograph of a nice Keen bottle to the Keen Bottling Company history page.

07-12-10: Added listings for two of Charles David Head's recently published articles in AB&GC, and the Independent Herald of Scott County Tennessee, plus the names of several more contributors to the Koca Nola book project.  

04-14-10: Added the names of several additional contributors to the growing list of folks helping with the Koca Nola book project; a sincere THANK YOU to everyone involved!  We were also very pleased to note that Charles David Head's article about John J. Ingle won a second place award in the 2009 AB&GC Writers' Contest.

12-29-09: The Keen Bottling Company building (see 12-03-09 and 12-08-09 news items) has been positively identified as having been located in New River, Tennessee. 

12-08-09: The image of a Keen Bottling Company building (see the Koca Nola History page) dates to 1912.  Please help us identify the location of this building! 

12-03-09: Added additional text and several wonderful illustrations to the Keen Bottling Company article on the Koca Nola History page.  Included is a photograph of one of the firm's bottling plants.  If you can identify the location of this building, please contact us!

11-22-09: Added an illustrated history of the Keen Bottling Company to the list of confirmed Tennessee franchises on the Koca Nola History page. 

11-07-09: Visit the Koca Nola History page for information about newly identified Koca Nola franchise #52 in Tyler, Texas!  Special thanks to Dennis Smith in Buffalo, New York for submitting this information!

11-07-09: Changed the Hutchinson Bottle Directory link to the new www.HutchBook.com site, and revised all of the Favorite Links to open in separate windows. 

11-07-09: Added a new Contact Us page to the navigation button bars at the left and bottom of all pages.  Please send us information about Koca Nola bottles and bottlers!

11-07-09: New and revised content added to all web site pages.  Don't miss the brief article about the Bridgeport, Alabama Bottling Works on the Koca Nola History page, and the newly-added poem on the Charles David Head page!

Check the "Koca Nola Bottles Wanted" portion of the How You Can Help page for details about CASH REWARDS for Koca Nola bottles!

Check "RECENT PUBLICATIONS" on the Charles David Head page for information about newly published articles.

The illustrated amber BIMAL crown top is embossed REGISTERED / KEEN BOTTLING COMPANY / Koca Nola / NEW RIVER AND / SOUTH PITTSBURG / TENN. (Photo: Bill Baab)