The tour continues--The blacksmith shop

The tour continues around the corner to the blacksmith shop:

This old conestoga wagon sits right outside the James Monroe Redd cabin, and just north of the Barton blacksmith shop.

 A saw-tooth fence surrounds the (new) old fort.

 This tool was lying outside the Amasa Barton Blacksmith ship.

As we peer in the door of the blacksmith's shop we can see a variety of old blacksmithing tools.   The reconstructed Amasa Barton Blacksmith shop was built on the same occasion as the James Monroe Redd cabin in October of 2008. 

 There are a collection of three old pioneer blacksmith forges in this shop.  None of them actually belonged to the original shop, but are all period objects.  This forge seems designed for portability and outdoor use.

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 This forge, on the other hand is equiped with a hood to remove exhaust from the fire.

 An old blacksmith vise.

 Another view of the vise.

 A foot pedal grinding wheel or sharpening stone.

 This is the third forge on display in the blacksmith shop.  Also shown are various blacksmithing tools.

 A view from the porch of the blacksmith shop toward the north.  On the left we see the James Monroe Redd cabin and the Lemuel Hardison Redd cabin just beyond that.  The original Barton cabin is visible in the distance.

This is the front of the Amasa Barton blacksmith shop.