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1 story matching patton
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- The First Cigar in the Territory: A Local Industry Takes Root
Snohomish entrepreneur T.P. Patton has begun manufacturing tobacco, growing his own crop and rolling it into black shag—a sign of economic self-sufficiency in Washington Territory.