In the southern US, the catalpa tree is pronounced "catawba" and that has survived as a common name along with cigar tree and Indian bean tree.

Across its range, which stretches from Georgia to New York and across the Mississippi Valley, this popular ornamental is known by a variety of descriptive names: Indian cigar tree, smoking bean ...

Because of the seedpods, an old name for this tree was the Indian cigar tree. Dear Dr. Dirt: We have had a couch in long-term storage and have decided to return it to use.

Therefore, the tree has also been called "smoking bean," "Indian bean" and "Indian cigar tree." Now I don't know about getting "high" ON catalpa trees, ...

This wooden cigar store “Indian Chief” was carved out of a live oak tree in Benton, Kentucky, in 1868 by a Mr. Maxwell who also made figureheads for ships’ prows.

Cigar store Indians, made of carved wood or molded metal, were popular symbols of the 19th and early 20th-century tobacco trade. Today, collectors of these statues appreciate both their striking ...

This week, we continue our “Best of Dick Wolfsie” series with a story Dick did back in 2017.

Over the Memorial Day weekend, I saw something I have wanted to see for a long time. I always had heard of the notorious Catalpa worm but had never seen ...