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Garfield
Farm Museum Presents
Blacksmithing
101 & 202
CAMPTON
HILLS, IL- On Saturday, October
7th, museum staff member, Joseph Coleman, will give a
Blacksmithing 101 lecture/demonstration at 10 am on the
history of Blacksmithing. There will be a discussion of
how we arrived at the Iron Age and how blacksmithing
impacted the industrial revolution. To conclude, Joseph
will also demonstrate nineteenth century blacksmithing
skills. Blacksmithing 202 -- at 2 pm --will include a
lecture, demonstration and hands-on experience for the
guests (no prior experience needed).
Iron
has been used by numerous civilizations over the course
of thousands of years. It played a pivotal role during
the industrial revolution. Iron also had many practical
applications on prairie farmsteads like Garfield Farm.
Mr.
Coleman has been in the history museum field since 2005.
He has demonstrated 19th century blacksmithing in
Naperville for 5 years and during his hobby of Civil War
reenacting. Joseph took an interest in blacksmithing
during Garfield Farm’s 1840’s Days on how it could be
applied to farm life.
The
cost of Blacksmithing 101 is $8, Blacksmithing 202 is
$40 (materials included) and refreshments are
included. For reservations, contact the museum at
(630) 584-8485 or info@garfieldfarm.org.
Garfield Farm Museum is located 5 miles west of Geneva,
IL, off of ILL Rt. 38 on Garfield Road. The 374-acre
site is a historically intact former 1840s farm and
teamster inn being restored as an 1840s working farm
museum by volunteers and donors from around the country.
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