Clarksville Austin, Texas Archive

CLARKSVILLE RESIDENT SEYMOUR WASHINGTON, “THE WALKING BLACKSMITH” 1896-1979(To watch a video of Seymour Washington interviewed by Townes Van Zandt, click on the link).Clarksville resident Seymour Washington was born to former slaves. Known as “the Walking Blacksmith,” Washington worked as a farrier, shoeing horses from Marble Falls to Buda.My father, Pete Lowry, had a 15 year friendship with Seymour Washington.Recently, I asked my father to tell me about the man whom the neighborhood of Clarksville knew as “Uncle Seymour.”

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