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 ...

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 ...

Blacksmith Anthony Tratnyek uses bellows to stoke a fire in the hearth Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in the re-creation of the 1750 blacksmith shop in the Colonial Industrial Quarter in Bethlehem. The ...

Tools of the trade: a village blacksmith operates his forge at Wormsloe State Historic Site, reenacting one of many handcrafts and skills necessary to make the historic home a successful plantation.

NORTH AUGUSTA — People visiting a park in Aiken County got a look at what life was like in colonial times this weekend. North Augusta's Living History Park hosted an event April 22-23 titled Under the ...