Look at your shoes. Chances are they are not made of leather, nor were they made anywhere locally — not even in this country. Our ancestors just a few generations back would be amazed. Shoes today are ...

One artifact in the collection of the Fenton History Center brings us back to a winter time activity of many years ago. The artifact is a bark peeler. So what is a bark peeler and how and why does it ...

Among one of Carbon County’s forgotten industries is the tanning of leather hides that was an extensive enterprise in the county. Tanning was such an important industry that one small village, Lehigh ...

Scotland’s only remaining sheepskin tannery has turned to an age-old procedure using tree bark to cure its leather in a bid to cut the firm’s impact on the environment. Did you know with a Digital ...

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