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Built in the mid 1850’s by John Fippin and John Single, this blacksmith shop later became linked by family as Fippin married Single’s daughter Julia in 1867 and they raised 10 children. Local legend holds that one of Lotta Crabtree’s earliest performances took place atop the anvil here. The building today combines the original blacksmith shop with Single’s carpenter shop. W.H. (Bill) Fippin and Frank A. Fippin followed their father as smiths and operated the business well into the 20th century, while members of the Fippin and Single families served Rough and Ready for generations as county officials, school trustees, and postmasters.
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Rough and Ready, California · United States
