Hundreds of anxious spectators covered their ears in anticipation of an explosive bang outside Railroad Town. For the first time since 2007, the town blacksmith at Stuhr Museum performed the firing of ...

In the glorious, blacksmithing past of anvil firing, there would be a blackpowder explosion and the hurtling of a hefty chunk of metal into the air. A loud boom and the blasting of an anvil into blue ...