The Heavy Metal (Steel, Mostly) Of Hubbardton Forge

Take a drive along Hortonia Road, just off Route 30 in the Green Mountains of Vermont, and you'll come across a diminutive 19th century structure that seems almost forgotten, or at the very least a part of the state's distant past.

But the weathered pine board building holds an importance beyond what its humble walls let on. It's the first place George Chandler and Reed Hampton, the founders of Hubbardton Forge, set up their blacksmith shop to heat, melt, and mold steel.