Piece of Cigar History

[El Presidente]

The following was forwarded by Jose who gets to read the FOH forum everyday but cannot post.

He sends his best to all members

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Piece of History

Brands that remained independents from the Trust.

Reading about the Cornering of Havana cigar by the Yanks I found this in an old paper called Havana Cigars from 1910 and I just wanted to share it with you all. Apols for the translation into English though I did my best.

In the beginning of the XX Century , The H.B. Collins and Co; the Havana Commercial Co.; the American Tobacco Co, amongst others came to the Island when the Spanish were ready to sell out the cigar business (brands and factories). In a few years they took over a great deal of the business, holding up to 291 cigar brands and 85 cigarettes brands.

For those, who really want to go deeper in the birth of the Cuban Cigar there is a beautiful story around this hard time for Spanish proprietors by the time they were leaving the Island fearing that the Cubans would take retaliation against them by losing the War. None of that ever happened.

So here is the list of those who remained independent and ready to face the American Trust.

1. Por Larrañaga The 2nd factory opened in Havana in 1834 (Ken might spell it out correctly by now)

2. Punch

3. Partagás

4. H.Upmann

5. Flor de Tomás Gutiérrez

6. Ramón Allones

7. La Cruz Roja (owned by the sons of Ramón Allones)

8. El Rey del Mundo

9. High Life (such an irony…they didn´t sell the brand to the U.S.)

10. Flor El Todo

11. Filoteo

12. El Mapa Mundi

13. La Escepción

14. El Edén

15. El Ecuador

16. Romeo y Julieta

17. Flor de A. Fernández García

18. Flor del Puro Habano

19. La Miel

20. La Sirena

21. La Diligencia

22. El Crepúsculo

23. La Devesa

24. Aroma de Cuba

25. Sol y Luis Marx

26. Fonseca

27. La Convención

28. F. García Hermanos

29. Redención

30. El Modelo de Cuba

31. Castañeda

32. Beck

33. El Ambar

34. Flor de B. Suárez

35. La Legitimidad

36. La Competidora Gaditana

37. Flor de Alvarez

38. La Capitana

39. Antilla Cubana

40. La Imposición

41. La Elección

42. Flor de Béjar

43. La Rica Hoja

44. La Ciudad

45. Flor de Otero

46. La Sabrosa

47. La Chiquita

48. El Crédito

49. La Aroma Tropical

50. La Oriental

51. La Paz de América

52. La Unión COmercial

53. La Melodía

54. La Higuera

55. La Conformidad

56. Flor de J.M. Bravo

57. Flor de Cerezo

58. Flor de A.Pazos

59. El Rico Habano

60. El Canal

61. El Frontón

62. B. Fuentes

63. Arsenio Pérez

64. Palacio

65. S.G. Veiga

66. El Gremio

67. La Lealtad

68. La Verdad

69. La Mía

[Mr. Japan]

Woahh!

Thank you Josè... big day is arriving eh? ;-)

[thechenman]

Thanks for digging this up. A very cool fact.

[samb]

Thats interesting. I love the history of cigars.