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A wagon donated to the historical site in Goochland County sits outside the third and last Jackson Blacksmith Shop that was built in 1932. The original shop was constructed by Henry Jackson in 1880.

A wagon donated to the historical site in Goochland County sits outside the third and last Jackson Blacksmith Shop that was built in 1932. The original shop was constructed by Henry Jackson in 1880.

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Generations of blacksmithing history to be celebrated June 10

Following the Civil War, Henry Jackson did not hold out any hope that the U.S. government would honor its promise of 40 acres and a mule to former enslaved African-Americans.