There is no clear cut way to becoming a blacksmith in this day and age. There are no apprenticeship programs or university degrees in blacksmithing. But if you are determined to become a blacksmith, there are ways you can learn the trade. Blacksmithing, once a common occupation, is no longer a necessary trade due to ...
Once you park on the well cared-for acreage of the Stuhr Museum of Grand Island, Nebraska, you focus on the attractive main building-the Stuhr Building. An inviting bridge over a placid pond leads to the Stuhr Building that houses the ticket counter, gift shop and several exhibits from the 1860s to the 1920s such as ...
A Mercy is not just about life in America in 1680s, it is much more. It is about pain and sorrow. It is about trauma. It is about violence inflicted upon people in the New World that attracted divergent races to it. The violence rooted in the clash of cultures can be seen in a ...
During colonial times, the Industrial Revolution of England had not made is way to the shores of North America. While some goods were imported from English factories to some of the colonies, much of what the colonists used needed to be made by hand. These craftsmen made tools, wheels, glass, furniture and more. Master craftspeople ...
Located next to Cedarhurst Center for the Arts on the north edge of Mt Vernon, IL, the Jefferson County Historical Village is a small preserved community in a wooded setting complete with museum. The village is just off Richview Road and features an assortment of cabins and other structures that have been moved onto the ...
