FARMINGTON — The wooden building on Main Street across from the Farmington Fire Department used to be a hub of economic activity. Standing four stories high, Ye Olde Shoe Shoppe housed one of several ...

When David Flack was 17, he spent 40 hours a week brushing the edges of shoe soles. At the Litchfield plant of the St. Louis-based Brown Shoe Company, Flack was making good money - well over minimum ...

A landmark shoe factory in Whitman that is being restored and renovated into apartments has a history as a church. Located at Marble Street and South Avenue, the factory building is home to what used ...

Heather Hansman is the author of Powder Day: Ski Bums, Ski Towns, and the Future of Chasing Snow, and Downriver: Into the Future of Water in the West. She writes about environmental issues and the ...