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.

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 ...

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.

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.

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

Cigars are not just in the movies—more and more Indians are smoking them. The cigar and cigarillos market in India is ...

A cigar store Indian that has stood outside the Macabi Cigar Bar on Las Olas Boulevard for 22 years, providing a photo op for tourists, might have to go. The city of Fort Lauderdale issued a code v… ...

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 ...