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 ...

Ashes are burning hot as Ethan Choiniere and his blacksmiths work to make holiday-themed trinkets. The smiths keep the fire at the perfect temperature, at times glowing bright orange but never too hot ...

As Pioneer Day approaches, This is the Place is a great place to visit to learn how the pioneers lived and worked when they first came to the Salt Lake Valley. Visitors can interact with artisans and ...

The original Jackson family blacksmith shop was opened in 1880 by Jeff Mabry’s great-great-grandfather Henry Jackson after he gained his freedom in Goochland County. Jackson was born into slavery in ...

Like the Temple of Hephaestus perched on the outskirts of Athens, the slightly less-ancient Blacksmith of Trenton shop sits in a remote corner of the city, well away from the State House and the rest ...

When archaeologists uncovered a 19th-century blacksmith shop owned by an African American community leader named Tom Cook in northwestern Denton County, they did not just contact his ...