William Alexander Hogan, a former C.S.A. cavalry blacksmith, brought his family from Mississippi to Dublin after 1870. As railroads drew cattle ranchers and cotton farmers in growing numbers, he opened a blacksmith shop on Elm Street. His son Chester continued the family business, and Chester's son Ben, though often at the shop, followed another path. He began caddying at age 11 and became a world champion golfer. Ben used blacksmithing skills to modify his golf clubs and, in 1953, opened his own club manufacturing plant, applying what he had learned about the science and art of metal from his grandfather and father in the Hogan Blacksmith Shop. The Hogan family kept the land until 1997, when they donated it to the city of Dublin.