Using tongs, Jim Moran sticks a long, thin piece of wire into the small but very hot fire of the blacksmith’s forge.
When he removes the metal, the tip is white hot.
The old fire observation tower on Spruce Mountain is the tallest publicly owned fire tower in the Adirondacks — and the one closest for hikers who live in the Capital Region....
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