Feb. 25—Bear Creek blacksmith David Frey, a German immigrant, knew he could do better business relocating to East Market and Canal streets next to the North Branch Canal in Wilkesbarre sometime in the ...

Every week we publish a historic photo highlighting a story from Naperville’s past from the history archives of Naper Settlement. Blacksmiths were critical to town life in the 19th century, so much so ...

Cornwall-based retired blacksmith Peter Parkinson has traced the origins of a distinctive iron farm gate, linking its design to the 1880s and the region’s granite-posted fields. Ten years ago, Peter ...

Peter Frey seen in rear center next to a donkey during the ceremonial first shovel dirt to construct Liberty Market House at East Market Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, Wilkes-Barre, on April 21, 1918 ...