NCOIM
NCOIM NCOIM
NewsLetter   Donations    Photos    Event Calendar    Search    Support our Sponsors            
NCOIM

NCOIM




NCOIM
 
Site Navigation: Collapse

>  Home Page
>  About NCOIM
  >  Hours of Operation
  >  Mission
  >  Officers
  >  Calendar
    >  Upcoming Events
  >  Treasurer Reports
  >  Newsletter
  >  Photos
  >  Donations
  >  Sponsors
  >  HOF Inductees
    >  2024

>  Our Sponsors

>  Artifacts Mileposts
  >  Daniel Cook and the Sugar
  >  Westinghouse
    >  Robots
    >  Home of Tomorrow
  >  Tappan RadarRange
  >  Mansfield Tire
  >  Shelby Tube

>  Exhibits
  >  Current Exhibits
    >  Every Town had a Mill
    >  Cast Iron Age
    >  Beer and Cigars
    >  Stove Makers
    >  Electric
    >  Westinghouse Exhibit
    >  WH A BLDG Tribute
    >  Wheels
    >  World War II
    >  Present Day MFGs
      >  Hi Point Firearms
      >  Ideal Electric
      >  Gorman Rupp CO
      >  TE Connectivity
      >  MAGNET
    >  Agriculture
    >  Dip Jar
    >  Entryway
    >  Immigrants Emmigrants
    >  Isaly Stewarts Parry
    >  Rupp Industries
    >  Tappan Donor Wall
  >  Future Exhibits
    >  Champions of Industry
    >  Tribute to Women in In
    >  Art and Industry
    >  Inventors Corner
    >  North Central Ohio His
    >  Resource Desk
    >  Outdoor Pavilion

>  Media

>  MFG Links
  >  MFG Services
    >  RMC REGIONAL MANFUACTU
    >  RAC ED RICHLAND AREA C
    >  BRAINTREE BUSINESS DEV
    >  MAGNET Manufacturing A
    >  NEOTEC NORTHEAST OHIO
    >  OEOC OHIO EMPLOYEE OWN
    >  OMA OHIO MANUFACTURERS
    >  NAM NATIONAL ASSOCIATI
  >  MFG History
    >  MRCPL THE SHERMAN ROOM
    >  RICH HISTORY ALLIANCE
    >  RICHLAND COUNTY HISTOR
    >  OHIO HISTORY CONNECTIO
    >  OLHA Ohio Local Histor
    >  NMIH NATIONAL MUSEUM o
    >  SMITHSONIAN
    >  THE HENRY FORD
    >  Heinz History Center W
    >  MUSEUM of OUR INDUSTRI
    >  AMERICAN PRECISION MUS
    >  MADE in CHICAGO
    >  SOMERSET HISTORICAL CE
    >  VINTAGE MACHINERY
    >  AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL MI
    >  MADE by US
    >  AMERICAN SIGN MUSEUM
  >  MFG Related Authors
    >  DON JONOVIC
    >  MICHELE NASH HOFF
    >  PETER NAVARO
    >  MICHAEL STUMO
    >  JR MARTIN



Support our Sponsors
How Mansfield ROLLED into History

At the turn of the 20th century, Mansfield was not yet a major city in Ohio, but it ranked among the top of the nation in certain industries: one of these was the manufacturing and distribution of cigars.

Fortunately for us, this tremendous facility for rolling and selling cigars happened to correspond with the greatest Age of Cigars in the nation’s history. Picture images of the most prominent creative minds and titans of government and industry from 1860 to 1930, and — if they were men — they probably have a cigar in their hand.

There were plenty of places in America that had tobacco rollers busily turning out stogies during those generations, but there was one year in the early 1900s when Mansfield hit its stride in the industry by producing more cigars per capita than anywhere else in the nation.

READ MORE

NCOIM
NCOIM
NCOIM

· Copyright ©2025 NCOIM 419-528-8107 100 Reformatory Rd Mansfield OH 44905 ·
· Contact NCOIM · Editorial and Privacy Policies · Webmaster · Browser and Email Settings ·
SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS