At 04:06 PM 2/23/98 EST, William Lees wrote:
 
>I am looking for information on blacksmith shops, preferably in the west,
>operated on US military outposts during the ca. 1842-1855 period.  I am
>particularly interested in information on any that have been excavated and/or
>are still extant.
 
>William B. Lees
>Director, Historic Sites Division
>Oklahoma Historical Society
 
Bill,
 
There is a working blacksmith shop at Fort Larned National Historic Site,
near Larned, Pawnee Co., Kansas.  Fort Larned was active in the years
1859-1878, just outside your range of interest.
 
See the Fort Larned National Historic Site web page <http://www.nps.gov/fols/>
for more information and a virtual tour, including shots of the blacksmith
shop.
 
Mike Jacobs
 
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