DICKINSON, N.D. - Horseshoes, and the people who shod them, have gone hand-in-hand with the rise and fall of nations since time immemorial. Historical evidence of horseshoes and horse husbandry exists ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NORTH EAST ― The prospect of getting kicked or bitten might keep most people away. For Bill Spellman, it's all part of the job.

Sweat dripped from Sonny Pistilli’s nose and evaporated on the red-hot horseshoe he’d taken out of a burning forge. He’d been pounding steel with a mallet for two hours, his hands like anvils from a ...

Some may not call it an art, but Magnolia resident Donald Griffin would argue it takes an artist's eye to fill the shoes of a horse farrier. Griffin, 38, has been a farrier, or someone who shoes ...

NORTH EAST ― The prospect of getting kicked or bitten might keep most people away. For Bill Spellman, it's all part of the job. Spellman, 40, has spent nearly 15 years as a farrier, trimming hooves ...