Stogie King Pollack Elected Into Wheeling Hall of Fame

 

(Wheeling News-Register) Augustus Pollack, a revered businessman who founded West Virginia's largest cigar manufacturer, has been elected posthumously to the Wheeling Hall of Fame in the Business, Industry and Professions category.
... Pollack founded his signature business, Crown Stogies, in East Wheeling in 1871. In 15 years, Crown Stogies grew to become West Virginia's largest cigar manufacturer. At their peak, his two factories employed more than 500 people. His factory, spanning 18th and 19th streets from Chapline to Eoff streets, was one of the largest cigar factories in the world. In an obituary, the Wheeling News-Register declared that no one deserved "more credit for the Wheeling stogie's prestige." Continued