The Golden's Cigar manufactory was the most successful business to ever operate in Bonneauville, PA. From the beginning to well beyond the mid-20th Century the Golden's manufactured the renowned Blue Ribbon Cigar brand. The family produced many other brands as well. Among them was Bokay-Grande, ("B" for Bonneauville, i. e. Bonneauville - Okay), Bunney Boys, ("Bunney" for Bonneauville), Penn Rose, Two Homes, Grande, Newcomers (from which a law suit against the Golden's ensued), Two Friends, and a sweetened and flavored cigar made for slowly chewing instead of smoking. Tu-Tu-Chu was the brand name the Goldens used for their chewing cigars. 

Hanover Street

The Golden's first produced famous Blue Ribbon Cigars in quantity at 1 W. Hanover Street in Bonneauville. They quickly outgrew the building. A new structure was constructed at 1 E. Hanover Street. It was built very early in the 20th Century. The new structure housed a general store on the lower floor and a cigar production facility upstairs. The structure is currently the home of Weaver's Store (2014). ​

Golden's Cigars


Cigar smoking retained its popularity well beyond the first half of the 20th Century. The Golden's business thrived. Blue Ribbon Cigars were "licensed up and down the East Coast." A new production factory was constructed about two blocks east on Hanover Street in Bonneauville. Several modern new homes were also constructed on the site and it was there that the Golden families moved. Many townsfolk found work at the new facility.