Yup. In 1762 Israel Putnam from Pomfret, CT brought cigars, seeds, plants and know-how back from Cuba and started the Connecticut Shade tobacco industry. He was the first BOTL that gave us all the first push down the slope.
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hotreds worked in a factory that shared space with the Fuller Russell Tobacco Company in Windsor Locks, CT- heart of CT Tobacco Valley. Hotreds mama worked with tobacco growing up in the same town. We'll never forget that unique, sweet smell of curing tobacco.
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