Watkins products have been a favorite collectible for many years, and before that for everyday cooking, cleaning, personal and health-care needs as well.

J.R. (Joseph Ray) Watkins, the itinerant Watkins liniment salesman, got his start in Stearns County. It is believed that he began manufacturing his product in the basement of his home in Maine ...

A fire that led to the death of an 82-year-old Chehalis woman in December was likely sparked when flammable liniment lotion self-heated and spontaneously combusted, a fire investigator says.

In 1868, 28-year-old Joseph Ray Watkins concocted a mixture of camphor, spruce oil, extract of capsicum and other ingredients, bottled it, and set off looking for customers.

In 1868, 28-year-old Joseph Ray Watkins concocted a mixture of camphor, spruce oil, extract of capsicum and other ingredients, bottled it, and set off looking for customers.

He bargains with vicious dogs and suspicious husbands, helping those in distress, pulling his share of farm chores, often offering the Watkins liniment hands on for hurting farm folk.

Michael Lang, lead promoter of the 1969, 1994 and 1999 Woodstock festivals, is putting on another one this summer in Watkins Glen, N.Y., to mark the 50th anniversary of the seminal original event, … ...

The company is one of Minnesota's oldest, founded in 1868 when J.R. Watkins mixed evergreen and red pepper extracts to create Watkins Original Liniment Oil. The product is still sold today.

'Hand of God' Creator Ben Watkins and Director Marc Forster On Creating Something 'Completely Original' and Season 2 Plans ...

The original Watkins Glen International layout was more than six miles in length, including winding through the downtown part of the village.

Kansas City Royals player Terrance Gore uses J.R. Watkins Pain Relief Liniment to help him steal bases.