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Ringing for Generations

by Lori B. Murray

The thunderous sound of ringing bells echoes through the Verdin Co.'s 130,000-square-foot factory in Cincinnati, Ohio.

first appeared: 12/9/2007

Juicing Apples for Generations

by Marti Attoun

Clyde's is the oldest producer of hard cider in the United States and operates the nation's last steam-powered cider mill.

first appeared: 9/16/2007

Fashioning Seed into Bird Feed

by Cynthia Elyce Rubin

From a perch in bushes surrounding her farmhouse, Ann Hoffert watches a flock of warblers as they fly across the open prairie against a clear, blue sky.

first appeared: 9/9/2007

Perfecting Pipe Organs

by Vivian Wagner

Ohio family fine-tunes a business across generations

first appeared: 9/9/2007

The Write Stuff

by Nancy Henderson

The sweet aroma of cedar fills the Sanford pencil factory in Lewisburg, Tenn., as a machine etches tiny grooves in pamphlet-size cedar slats.

first appeared: 8/12/2007

Shaping Legendary Surfboards

by Elisabeth Deffner

Ankle deep in foam planed from the surface of a 7-foot plank at the Becker Surf factory in Hermosa Beach, Calif. , Jose Barahona, 41, pulls a dust mask from his face

first appeared: 7/1/2007

Producing Locks Since Lincoln

by Vivian Wagner

Using a machine that slices through metal, workers cut long brass bars into lock-shaped pieces at the Wilson Bohannan Padlock Co. factory in Marion, Ohio (pop. 36,494)

first appeared: 4/8/2007

Making Easter Sweeter

by Marti Attoun

At 10, Devon Flesor felt like a big shot when her parents let her skip school and make chocolate Easter bunnies at Flesor’s Candy Kitchen in Tuscola, Ill. (pop. 4,448).

first appeared: 4/1/2007

Hats off to Stormy Kromer

by Steve Lange

In 2001, Bob Jacquart was drinking his morning coffee at a restaurant in Ironwood, Mich. (pop. 6,293), when he heard that the Kromer Cap Co., after more than a century, had stopped producing its classic winter hat.

first appeared: 2/18/2007

A Sweet Legacy

by Diana Lambdin Meyer

Tom Ward respectfully disagrees with Forrest Gump’s mother, who offered up the famous advice: “Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get.”

first appeared: 2/4/2007

Hooking with Heart

by Barbara Elmore

Carrying on a handiwork tradition that almost died out with her grandmothers, Quicksall had to learn the skill from books because she couldn’t find anyone around to show her how to turn bags of rags into beautiful, handmade floor coverings.

first appeared: 1/7/2007

Auto Dreams

by Richard McVey

The auctioneer barks out escalating bids, pointing at the rare prize—a one-of-a-kind 1970 Plymouth ’Cuda convertible—parked center stage with television cameras focused on its radiant orange, polished-to-perfection paint job.

first appeared: 1/7/2007

Making Baking a Jiffy

by Marti Attoun

When Mabel White Holmes saw the hard-as-rock biscuits that a single father had baked for his sons in 1928, she set about finding a fix.

first appeared: 12/24/2006

Poinsettia Ranch

by Marta W. Aldrich

Paul Ecke III drives his pickup truck north on Interstate 5 in southern California, recalling the sea of poinsettias that once covered thousands of sun-splashed acres farmed by his family when he was growing up in San Diego County in the 1960s.

first appeared: 12/17/2006

Crafting Vintage Vehicles

by Chuck Cecil

Wheelwright Tim Hoffman pours water on a hot rim of steel and momentarily disappears in a billowy cloud of steam at Hansen Wheel & Wagon Shop in Letcher, S.D. (pop. 160).

first appeared: 12/10/2006

Inventions That Shaped America

Paul Niemann, author of Invention Mysteries, spent years uncovering the little-known facts behind the world’s greatest inventions. Here are his favorites:

first appeared: 12/3/2006

Producing Fun and Games for Generations

by Bob Gulla

Today, the mighty Hasbro, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Pawtucket, R.I. (pop. 72,958), has annual net revenues in the billions of dollars but continues its original mission: to help Americans have fun.

first appeared: 11/26/2006

Busy Building Buckets

by Marti Attoun

On the chalkboard in his log house, cooper Jim Gaster has written his to-do list for the week: one 3-gallon primitive camp bucket, one flour barrel, six butter paddles.

first appeared: 11/19/2006

Weaving Navajo Tradition

by Kathy Summers

D.Y. Begay holds centuries of Navajo history in her skillful hands as she weaves earth-inspired designs on her wooden loom. Creating Navajo rugs and blankets is a way of life for Begay, who was born in Tselani, Ariz., on the Navajo Indian Reservation.

first appeared: 11/5/2006

Handcrafting Fish Lures

by Marti Attoun

Working at his kitchen table bathed in natural light, Tony Smith of Holland, Mich. (pop. 35,048), skillfully carves a piece of basswood the size of his thumb into a lure

first appeared: 10/8/2006

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