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| 1974 | Myrtis Waller, Elaine's mother, taught us to make soap by a recipe she learned as a young girl in Mississippi. | ||||
| 1974 - 1985 | The "hobby" period. Intense study, trial and error, and trial again. Many recipes and techniques tried with most being rejected. Entire family played a large role in testing. Skin still largely intact. | ||||
| 1985-1992 | The refining process. Learned soap chemistry, etc. | ||||
| 1992 | Equipment and process designed, recipe fine-tuned and established as a trade secret. | ||||
| August 1992 | Green Mountain Soap Co. incorporated. | ||||
| 1992 - 1993 | Equipment purchased for larger batch sizes. | ||||
| 1994 | Dr. Mario Novakovic, international consultant to the soap industry, engaged to help solve a problem which arose with the soap. Solution found, making the way clear for sales on the open market. Payment made with Elaine's pecan pies. | ||||
| 1995 | Richard left full-time job with Teledyne Brown Engineering to pursue soap making full time. Elaine prudently held on to her job with NASA. | ||||
| 1996 | Won bid to appear on QVC, the TV shopping network. Elaine had her six minutes of national fame. | ||||
| 1997 | Name and logo registered as a US Trademark after a five-year battle with another "Green Mountain" entity and a bunch of Madison Avenue lawyers. | ||||
| 1998 | Richard and Elaine joined the Handcrafted Soap Makers Guild. Richard has served on its "Panel of Experts" for soap chemistry and its board of directors. | ||||
| 2000 | Broke ground for new facility. | ||||
| 2001 | Occupied new production building. | ||||
| 2001 |
The "Blessing of the Factory" ceremony held September 29, '01. |
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| 2004 |
GMSC introduces its new liquid Green Mountain Soap. |
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