Oom Paul history #2:
The Oom Paul shape and the Continental Army of the USA

As you know Oompaul.com has a long history in the pipe world, somehow dating back to the late 1700's, a good span before the rest of the world even knew there was an internet. As you can imagine, finding sponsorships and benefactors was tough in those days. Documents held in our guarded vaults miles under the Oompaul.com headquarters in Auburn Georgia USA, hold countless secrets to the world's powers through connected markets, governments, and relationships which are all, in some way, shaped, held together, and powered by the tobacco pipe.

One of our original members to the Board of Directors served on the Second Continental Congress and while his name is kept confidential, as has been the case with all board members since it's beginning, he was a major player in the politics of the US, as well as the a key figure in many of the circles which held the real power…the pipe clubs. In some of those documents dating between 1770-1790, there are references made in correspondences between an officer in the Continental Army under the command of General George Washington and the (then) Oompaul.com board member who will remain also nameless wherein the following is found…

"By Uncle Paul and his powers in the southern regions in and around the Cape of Good Hope, our leverage will be great to keep the British from seizing this vital area. Pierre-Louis himself has promised Oom Paul all the pipes he desires so long as our strength in this endeavor endures." As I'm sure you are aware, it did not endure and by 1795 was in the hands of the British. This reference to an "Uncle Paul" is obviously not Paul Kruger who was not born until October of 1825. It would not be for another approximate 100 years after the birth of Paul Kruger that parts of the Kruger family would move to the US and change the spelling of their name from Kruger to Krueger. Some speculate this may have been to distance themselves from their predecessor, however, the new spelling could not hide the terror that would later come from one of it's heirs, none other than a certain Fredrick (Freddy) Krueger.