By Julia Bailey 

Oregon is a state with a rich history in the ways of cattle ranching; for about 200 years, 

beef cattle have been a staple commodity. Anybody who has ever tried to make a living from 

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By Julia Bailey  

Becoming a craftsman is not as easy as simply being talented – it’s something that takes an ample amount of time, resources, passion and diligence. Choosing to be an entrepreneur as a craftsman requires Read more

By Nick Pernokas 

Time and time again, leatherwork has proven itself to be therapeutic. It is also a discipline that a man can reinvent himself in. A case in point is Jonathan Augustin. 

Jon’s dad was in the Read more

by Gene Fowler 

Former firefighter Spencer Tetrault knew that the leather radio baskets, leather helmet bands, leather chin straps and other items he made for fellow first responders at his Axe & Awl Leatherworks business in Waynesville, North Read more

by Gene Fowler 

WWBFJD? (What Would Benjamin Franklin Johnson Do?) 

In July 1847, an ailing Brigham Young, the second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, sat up in the wagon that had carried Read more