Cook Blacksmith Shop is a former blacksmith shop in Ponca, Nebraska, United States that today is a museum.
The Cook Blacksmith Shop was built in 1901 by C. O. Cook, who operated his business for over thirty years. It is representative of the vital role of blacksmiths in the history of American communities. The building is owned by the Ponca Historical Society, which uses the shop as a living history museum.
C.O. Cook Blacksmith Shop, with all its original tools and machinery, has been restored and placed in working condition. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
Famous quotes containing the words cook, blacksmith and/or shop:
“‘Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“The blacksmith dropped his hammer, the carpenter his plane, the mason his trowel, the farmer his sickle, the baker his loaf, and the tapster his bottle. All were off for the mines, some on horses, some on carts, and some on crutches, and one went in a litter.”
—For the State of California, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“Griff: If I let you set up shop in this neighborhood, the people would chop me like a ripe banana.
Kelly: Then why’d you buy my merchandise?
Griff: I ... I was thirsty!”
—Samuel Fuller (b. 1911)