Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the great memories of growing up in Grand Bank during the 1950s was to "look in the open door" (split door – the bottom ...

After a 60-year absence and 270-mile round trip, a pair of blacksmith's bellows are back at Churchill Forge. Believed to date ...

CLINTON — Anyone who has ever wondered how poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s village blacksmith managed it can take a turn with bellows, hammer and anvil next spring at the Red Mill Museum Village.

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There is a ritual and subtle rhythm to Michael Murphy’s every movement as a blacksmith — in his 1800s style workspace at the Tallahassee Museum, he dances between the anvil and the bellows with tongs ...

A face darkened with soot, strong arms, and hands like a vice grip, the blacksmith was a breed all his own. He may not have initially looked it, but he was one of the most important figures in any ...

Every week we publish a historic photo highlighting a story from Naperville’s past from the history archives of Naper Settlement. Blacksmiths were critical to town life in the 19th century, so much so ...

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