The film recounts the travel adventures of a young blacksmith's apprentice in the early 1840s as he embarks on a journey from his village in Eastern New York to join his family in Illinois.

A new exhibit at the Putnam County Museum will honor the legacy of blacksmiths and farriers in Putnam County from its early ...

This 19th century gun was used to frighten ... It was found in 1998, buried under the floor of the Blacksmith's shop, which is now the Old Smithy in my village. Living in a rural community ...