General Gomez Cigar Factory - Auburn, CA
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saopaulo1
N 38° 53.750 W 121° 04.686
10S E 666671 N 4306973
A plaque in Auburn, CA.
Waymark Code: WMW4Q8
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 07/09/2017
Views: 3
IN 1892, ROBERT WISE OPENED A SMALL CIGAR SHOP AND FACTORY ON THIS SITE. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, MR. WISE TOOK ON A BUSINESS PARTNER, ERNEST BURNS.
DURING PEAK TIMES, THE SMALL FACTORY WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING AS MANY AS ONE THOUSAND CIGARS A DAY. AT 10 CENTS A PIECE, THEY WERE "THE BEST CIGARS ON THE MARKET FOR THE PRICE." THE CIGARS AND FACTORY WERE NAMED AFTER GENERAL MAXIMO GOMEZ, WHO LED CUBA IN THEIR FIGHT TO GAIN INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN.
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