Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apr. 30—A historic blacksmith shop in New Market that appeared destined for demolition may be saved and renewed as a tourist ...

A Southeast Texas blacksmith is demonstrating a centuries-old craft at the Spindletop Gladys City Boomtown Museum, showing visitors how metalworkers shaped tools essential to the region's oil boom.

From the 1860s until the 1990s, the powerful, industrial sound of metal striking metal - minute after minute, hour after hour, day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year, ...

Blacksmithing is not just a skill, but an art. Some would say a dying art. This trade has been passed down century after century with unique traditions burned into each artist's methods, making each ...

For five generations, the same family has been forging Baltimore's gates, signs and fireplaces by hand.

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 ...

GRAPEVINE -- A pile of coal burns at 15,000 degrees in Jim White's workshop. Using tongs, White carefully places a crayon-size steel rod into the core of the fire and, in about a minute, the metal ...

July 21, 2025 at 7:15 a.m. EDT44 minutes ago Beatrix Lockwood spoke to Caitlin Morris. Illustrations by Maya Scarpa for The Washington Post. Caitlin Morris is the owner of Ms. Caitlin’s School of ...

Apr. 30—A historic blacksmith shop in New Market that appeared destined for demolition may be saved and renewed as a tourist attraction after town leaders and the property's owner dug into details of ...