If you drive into Buckman, Minnesota from the south, on Highway 25, you'll pass St Michaels church on the left. A block farther, on the opposite corner, you'll see a long, white building with a garage door facing 25.
That was the location (same building underneath?) of Joe Janson's Blacksmith shop.
This is how the interior looked in 1925. If you needed horseshoes, he was obviously your man.
How was Joe related?
Joe A. Janson was our great-grandfathers' cousins' son. In other words, John Janson (the immigrant) named this son 'Joseph Anton', and he became a blacksmith in Buckman. Joe A. married Mary Poster, and they had 3 kids--Irene, Robert and Otto.
In fact, here's the WPA bio Joseph gave to John Schmolke in 1937:
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