Anvils: Rock Solid

|Published on April 29, 2005

Rock Solid

For some collectors, a stationary engine is a portal to the past. For others, sentimental ties are maintained by preserving a tractor that’s been in the family for decades. For Chip Barkman of Texarkana, Texas, an anvil used by his father and grandfather is a very solid connection to the roots of agriculture in America.

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