While the mine's supply dwindled, its history ultimately cannot be erased, leading to the creation of one of the most iconic ...

No.2 pencils are widely used, but you may not know what the number actually refers to. This video explains how pencils developed into their modern form and the significance of the labeled numbers.

Inside a two-story warehouse, unadorned but for a 25-foot-long No. 2 pencil painted on the outside ... clay and water is still used today. Pencil-making began in the U.S. around 1812, and early ...

Before then, the mine had been used by the Nipmuc tribe ... one of the most iconic writing instruments known to man, the No. 2 pencil. The Winthrop family relinquished ownership in 1784 and ...