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(yourhoustonnews.com) In the eighteen-nineties, Spain inflicted restrictions upon Cuba’s tobacco trade. Coupled to US protective tariffs, this left open an opportunity for other areas to flourish in the business. In Texas was the primary opportunity. An 1893 document stated, “Montgomery County is the initial point where the successful test will be made in growing Cuban tobacco, and which from the peculiar adaptability of its soil, is to become the centre of the great tobacco industry of Texas” (J.S. Daugherty, Texas, The Lone Star State Book). Herein lies a story of our county’s enterprising mindset. Continued
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