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 ...

Jana Cook poses for a portrait with armfuls of mountain lion pelts at The Wildlife Gallery in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. Cook sorts finished hides and boxes them up to be shipped back to taxidermists.

Gloversville — Talk to almost anyone who grew up around the tanneries in Gloversville and they’ll tell you about how they gagged on the smell of the fumes as they walked to school. That the fumes ...

The confluence of Tannery Creek and Salmon Creek is about a mile from the town of Bodega. The “tannery” name refers to “the first successful tannery in the county,” a business operation established by ...

During the Spanish/Mexican era, vast herds of cattle were said to stretch from Santa Cruz uninterrupted up the coast to San Francisco. And these were not dairy or beef cattle, but instead a wiry wild ...