James Anderson’s Blacksmith Shop in Colonial Williamsburg is a world of activity. With forges fired up, hammers hit away at metal, hand-held files grind down fine detail work and sunlight seeps ...

A Colonial Trade Faire returns to Historic Schoenbrunn Village for its fourth year Oct. 18 and 19 as vendors from the era of 1750 to 1789 demonstrate their skills and ply their trade. Horners, potters ...

Fourth graders at Manorhaven Elementary School brought their studies of New Netherlands to life on Feb. 13 at the Colonial Fair. Each student studied a colonial trade—blacksmiths, bakers, milliners, ...

MARSHFIELD — On the outskirts of the Marshfield Fairgrounds sits a small, one-room barn made of unfinished wood. Inside, it's sweltering hot and the walls are lined with Colonial-era tools and ...

The sound of tools hitting metal echoed across the grounds of the Carroll County Farm Museum, the scent of fire hung in the misty air. Despite rain, chilly temperatures and muddy conditions, many ...

With a resounding CLANG, Dave Kauffman brings the hammer down on the magma-red steel, showering the area around his anvil with glowing, 2,000-degree sparks. Kauffman is a blacksmith, and showing ...