Long before there was a Hershey, Pennsylvania, there was a quiet Lancaster County town — and a caramel factory that helped Milton Hershey build an empire.
“On this site and in this building Milton S. Hershey operated a caramel factory from about 1892 to 1898.” — Historical plaque, East Donegal & South Jacob Streets, Mount Joy, PA (placed 1972)
This week, a new movie trailer dropped — and everyone is talking about Milton Hershey again. The film, simply titled Hershey, is a period piece set for a Thanksgiving 2026 release. It stars Finn Wittrock as Milton and Alexandra Daddario as his beloved wife, Catherine “Kitty” Hershey, and tells the story of how one couple’s vision transformed a string of early failures into something the world still savors today…