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Texas Pete It was 1929 and 16 year old Thad W. Garner, the second eldest son of Samuel W. Garner, was graduating from Mineral Springs High school in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. A couple from Florida decided to sell their "Dixie Pig Barbecue Stand," located a short distance across town, a spicy opportunity interested the young depression-era entrepreneur. For half his savings, Thad was to be the proud owner of the business, which could have just become another sandwich shop if it hadn't been for the handwritten, unique Barbecue Sauce recipe that came with the investment. Thad's mother, "Mother Jane", as she was affectionately known by family, began making the Barbecue Sauce in pots on her cook stove in the family home. His father, Samuel was a natural-born salesman and began traveling the North Carolina roads distributing the sauce to restaurants and grocery stores. Samuels's two younger sons, Harold H. and Ralph C., completed the picture of the close-knit, hard-working, dedicated family. Samuel, Thad, Ralph and Harold soon became known as the "Four Garners". The brothers struggled to name this mighty sauce. The three brothers had a consensus agreement on the name "Mexican Joe" and were satisfied until their father insisted that it should be an American name... "maybe Texas...," but "Texas what?"... At that moment Samuel's eyes fell upon his son Harold who was nicknamed "Pete". And that was how the Four Garners developed the "Texas Pete" name that has since become a legend.
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