In this step-by-step forging journey, see how a skilled blacksmith shapes, tempers, and finishes a hollow hole punch entirely by hand – proving that true craftsmanship never goes out of style.

Watch local blacksmith Rob Flurry ply his trade at the Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum, where he’s offering blacksmithing demonstrations every Thursday and Friday from 1-4 p.m.

Sources: “The Caledonia, Mississippi & Western Railroad Line,” by Benjamin Pennington, and “The Last Paying Passenger Aboard the Reno—Preston Railroad,” by William E. Dorival, both published in ...