Houses in America were originally heated by open fires in a fireplace. By the mid-1700s, cast-iron heating stoves were introduced. Many were "five plate" stoves made of five iron plates assembled as ...

Tonight, more than a century ago all the cooking was done on a wood stove, not an air fryer, or a microwave, but on beautiful pieces made of iron. It's rare to find one these days, and as Karen Meyers ...

The first artifacts have been moved to the new History Center! Boxes and display cases have started making their way to their new home, though we still have many more things to move. Sappington & Sons ...

Plenty of old Maine homes and camps already host an old-fashioned woodstove — a no-frills potbelly, an ornate parlor stove, or a classic Franklin stove (named for the Founding Father who designed it).

A century ago, home life in Vermont revolved around the wood burning cook stove. Meals were prepared, bread baked and hands warmed from the heat it produced. Stoves with names like Gold Coin, ...

We recently bought a house and there was a cast iron stove in the back yard on the deck. While the thing looks nice we have no use for it. We would like to get rid of it and, hopefully, at a fair ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - If you grew up in Louisiana, you probably have a memory of your mother or grandmother stirring a roux or cooking a roast in a big cast-iron pot. And if you’re lucky, that ...

In the late spring of 1862, the United States Army established a 1,000-bed hospital on the grounds of what is now Penn Park on the south side of York, Pennsylvania. Over time, the hospital expanded to ...

Cast iron pans have been around for a long time and many cooks swear by them. There is a brand that started in the 1800s that ...

Each week, Mansion Global tackles a topic with an elite group of designers from around the world who work on luxury properties. This week, we look at tips for designing with a wood-burning stove. Wood ...

In times of crisis, stories which puts a smile on a reader’s face are always appreciated. In April 1915, Europe was at war and the stocks were sinking. So, on April 18, 1915, the Syracuse Herald asked ...