Tobacco was once an important crop in the Connecticut River Valley in Massachusetts. It was first grown as a cash crop in the 1860s, and production peaked from 1885 to 1914. Farmers grew a variety used as cigar wrappers.
Unidentified. Tobacco Hatchet. ca. 1900. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://x2od2w41zy.vxl.spinupwp.site/collection/1990-023/. Accessed on June 9, 2026.
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