The film recounts the travel adventures of a young blacksmith's apprentice in the early 1840s as he embarks on a journey from his village in Eastern New York to join his family in Illinois.

on Saturday at Baldwin County Bicentennial Park. Festival hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The 19th Century Blacksmith Shop is the cornerstone of the Bicentennial Park’s 19th Century Village.

Thomas Cook was a blacksmith at the top of his game in 1880. His shop sat 14 miles northwest of Denton near present-day Bolivar. Born in 1840, Cook was freed from slavery when he was 25 years old.