ROBESON TOWNSHIP – After years of research, reconstruction of the Joanna Furnace wheelwright’s shop is underway. “This project is based on 15 years of archeology work,” said Mark Zerr, executive ...

ESCONDIDO – History buffs and hammer-toting blacksmithscelebrated the opening of a wheelwright shop at the EscondidoHistory Center in Grape Day Park on Thursday. The new workshop stands next to the ...

EXETER — Perhaps one of the last wheelwright shops in the state is in dire need of repairs and time could leave this building, essential to early-American life, in rubble. The Rollins Wheelwright Shop ...

During the first decades of our county's history, some of the earliest local industries included gristmills and blacksmith shops. The gristmills, located alongside streams and rivers for the purpose ...

Dick Peeling used to inspect buildings for the highway adminstration. Dave Savedge tried everything from blowing glass to farming tobacco. John Boag worked in a museum in Maryland. Now they’re ...