History
In 1853, at the peak of the
California gold rush, William
Hammock and H. H. Hutton constructed
and oversaw the Yolo Blacksmith Shop
at the corner of Second and
Sacramento Streets in what was then
called the town of Cacheville. Like
other immigrants who came to
California for the gold, they soon
discovered that there were true
fortunes to be made on the west side
of the Sacramento River as well in
the rich, fertile soil of Yolo
County.
In 1857, G.W.
Woodward became the proprietor of
Yolo Blacksmith and it was during
his tenure that Yolo Blacksmith
greatly expanded to become a
valuable supplier to the community
and the larger area of everything
from wagon wheels to plumbing to
nails to farm equipment and
horseshoes.
In 1905, with
the establishment of the "University
Farm School" as part of the UC
Berkeley campus in the town of
Davis, Yolo County rapidly became
one of the leading agricultural
centers of the State. Yolo
Blacksmith had already narrowed its
focus on agricultural equipment and
in particular, tillage and ground
contact tools. Yolo Blacksmith Shop
has had an uninterrupted
relationship with the School of
Agriculture at UC Davis since its
beginning (we had already been in
business for over 50 years by then
so we were the experts in
cultivation and tillage equipment
and tools at that time).
In a
very real sense, the history of Yolo
Blacksmith is the history of
agriculture in the State of
California, from Holt and the steam
tractor (which became Caterpillar)
to Deere and the combine to Johnson
and the tomato harvester, Yolo
Blacksmith has had a role to play.
Yolo Blacksmith is one of the
oldest continuously operating
businesses in the State of
California. In its 158 years of
operation, the company has had only
six owners. Our shop foreman has
been with Yolo Blacksmith for almost
40 years. He is a master of
hardfacing, a technique that enables
tillage tools to have a longer life
and is a technique that is becoming
a lost art. This is what allows for
such tremendous continuity of
knowledge, skill and craftsmanship.
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