Editor’s note: Every Thursday during Black History Month, the Today section will profile a historic figure who shaped the future of the Cape Fear region. In 1859, Alfred Hargrave, a 40-year-old slave, ...

LAWRENCE (AP) >> Nowadays, many people think of a blacksmith as someone who makes horseshoes and nails them onto the animal's hooves. Richard Wright, a blacksmith who has been in the trade for more ...

Wearing a cowboy hat with a patch that reads, “Dead End: Story of My Life,” and a priestlike black robe to protect him from the flames, Pasadena’s last cowboy-blacksmith pounds out the curve on a ...

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. -- Randy Dack still remembers every detail from Sept. 11, 2001. Dack, the blacksmith at Grand Island's Stuhr Museum, vividly remembers hearing, "they just hit the World Trade Center ...

DICKINSON, N.D. - Horseshoes, and the people who shod them, have gone hand-in-hand with the rise and fall of nations since time immemorial. Historical evidence of horseshoes and horse husbandry exists ...

Lucky are those who land in the horse carriage driven by Jan Michnej. The 60-year-old blacksmith-turned-carriage driver uses the skills he honed years ago to leave his customers with an unforgettable ...

FLESHERTON, ONT.—No machine can fit a horseshoe to a horse, which means young men continue to enter the blacksmithing trade. “We’re all full-time horseshoers — this is how we make our living,” Adam ...

STEVENS POINT - Two Americana bands with Portage County roots will hold virtual concerts as they celebrate the release of new albums. Both Horseshoes & Hand Grenades, a progressive bluegrass string ...

LAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) - Nowadays, many people think of a blacksmith as someone who makes horseshoes and nails them onto the animal’s hooves. Richard Wright, a blacksmith who has been in the trade for ...