Almost two centuries ago, dozens of Texans gathered in the town of Washington-on-the-Brazos to sign Texas’ Declaration of Independence from Mexico. Today, the site is investing in becoming a historical destination.
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Ben Baumgartner held in his hands a strip of raw cow leather, white with black spots, still with its coarse hair on one side. Standing inside a wooded workshop, he was building a wooden chair with a leather seat.
He’d already completed one chair, its leather seat as tight as a drumhead. He’d rolled his sleeves up to his elbows as sweat beaded on his temples…