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Anvil Campground Marks 65 Years of Being Family Owned
Editor's Note: This news item was retrieved and first published through The Virginia Gazette's website.
The Virginia Gazette reports on Anvil Campground marking its 65th anniversary as a four-acre campground and still running strong as a family-owned business. The campground’s name takes its inspiration from the family’s history in blacksmithing. Chris Jump, current campground owner, said his grandfather and great-grandfather, James Riley Jump, contributed to the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg from 1929 to 1935 as blacksmiths, making original wrought iron works including tools, locks, hinges, shutter dogs and gates.
Reported by Virginia Gazette writer Rodrigo Arriaza, "Today, Anvil is home to around 60 campsites, four rental cabins and a number of modern amenities for campers. Patricia Jump said much has changed at the campground since she first began working there in 1974." Chris and his mother Patricia credit the campground’s success and longevity to the family’s attention to customer service and changing with the times. “What definitely differentiates us is just how we take care of people and make everyone feel like they’re family,” Chris said in the article.
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