The Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site is trying to keep a bygone craft from being swept under the rug. In 1890, Territorial Prison inmates built a broom factory within the prison’s walls.

Check out these easy to follow homemade broom making instructions. Get a list of all the handmade broom making supplies you will need! Sweeping with a handmade broom can connect you with the long ...

SELMER – Jack Martin made his first broom as a child in his grandfather’s old broom shop in Selmer. “He made me put it together and take it apart probably 11 times,” Martin said. “But I never knew how ...

Most of us own a broom. Some prefer the newer-style broom made from plastic, and some of us like a traditional broom made from broomcorn. Both types of brooms do a good job of sweeping, but there is ...

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Broom Maker Ron DuMoulin shows how he binds the broom corn by hand stitching it. (Photo by Kristi R. Garabrandt) WELLSVILLE — Ron DuMoulin, also known as The Village Broom Maker, discovered his ...

Broomcorn harvesting used to be a major part of the U.S. agriculture industry before being swept away in the 1990s, but one Kentucky craftsperson is looking to bring it back. Artisan broom-maker ...

SOUTHAMPTON – On most days, you can find Sam Moyer working away alone in a small room of an old concrete building once used to churn out cider on a former apple orchard. Moyer, 82, has been in the ...

KIRBY, W.Va. (AP) - In 2017, West Virginia Public Broadcasting featured one of West Virginia’s last remaining broom makers; Kanawha County resident Jim Shaffer. The story ended with a question: would ...