Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-12-18

"A site sides OF the 1
~ - james river. Few /
- ptsess have rec
g ord equal TO that OF /
Berkeley. II has
been the b irth- !
ulaee OF a governor of Virginia and
slgner Of the Declaration OF Independ- /
,aes; o. a Revolutionary general and
ca President OF the United States.
ne estate Is mentioned in colonial an
rals As long ago as 1929. when IL was
,he scsne Of a terrible Indian massacre.
was then owned by prominent
sssileE. George Thorpe. who was killed
during the uprising by an Indian
xkom be had befEiended. Berkeley
soon Afterwards passed into the hands
x Beniamin Harrison. His descend
ass lived there until within the last
gxsusY i've Years. during which time.
xe are told. the place never lacked an
lsrsis o. the name OF Benjamin Har-
fsssa-
Berkeley Is an unpresendlng build
tx % have been the home OF SO many
neAi men. The house Is OF brick.
sso stories and a half high. with
ezaini sioglag roof and dormer vim
sosx A modern porch has heen add
u 70 two sides ~ the structure In re-
xss years. 10 one room In Berkeley
pertains especial interest. When the
bro ~ Tippecanoe. Gen. William Hen
. Harrison. 9as elected 70 the Presi.
&tssy. be ielt his Ohio home and came
3 hls biFtapiaee. Berkeley 10 write his
Iaazgurai address in his mothers
Fcum.@
During the civil War Berkeley was
ksorn In the north a. HaFrlson's
/ tshdinE Il waa occupied by Gen.
| Mcclellan after his change OF base,
biz. isSs. and sas the place 20 which
y rssreated and fortified himself after
he sa,sie o. Malvern Hin. the last OF
~ sessn days battles.
Tke Harrison family has furnished
/ tss Presidents 70 tho United States.
nasy Of IL members have been men
e pspnlnence THE sirnt. Benjamin
EasTsson. q Iserkeie died ~ the early
tss q 81. bat even j.. that short time
Be- had becouse speaker Of the House
q BURGESS and q man a. such dis
iizsuiahtd talents and political repu-
sztio1 tka; the Colony Of Virginia
tssstsa monument to his memory.
HIS brother. Henry Harrison. lived
g the Brandon entate. on the south
fsoTp Of the James. IL Is renowned
a one q the mos; beautiful specl-
rs1s Of early colonial architecture In
tAe stale. and IL much visited by
teurists and siEhtseess Who often stay
2, ne little village Of ciarnmon near
I b Tor the purpose of making = pill
gfinzse 10 the celebrated old man.
Hoa. Ancient records say that the
plses wa named after an estate In
ksgIand BY its tirst owner. Capt John
Martin, pho arrived In Virginia In
1871.
Al later date the trac; OF land
rasSed into the possession Of an Eng,
EsA grocer. John SadIer by name. whs
sAafei his interest in the place with
Aaoshey grocer. Richard Quincy. Thii
worthy pair did not lack distinguished
relations. however. and II il interest
lng TO note that Quiney'a brother
TAonas Quincy. Of Stafford upon
AvoH. married shakcspcare's daush
iss. Judith. while sadier's grand
esnghter became the wife Of Johl
Harvard. founder of Harvard college
From the descendants of the twi
sfOcers the property part Of whicl
hea bore the suggestive title OF "Mer
Giants Hope"-caine into the hand
q the Harriscns IN the year tT2o.
A house was built upon It soon after
wards and the place has been oecupie
p the Harrison family from genera
,on 70 generation ever since. IL
one Of the few colonial estates in Vii
snia-one might almost say in thi
sonntry-stiil owned and occupied b
NE original family.
Brandon House IN almost hide
nom view by the trees and mass {
'eriure which surround II. In tn
lsaf Is grove of oaks. covering man
aefes Entering the house one find
oeeseh In large hall. crossed In Oh
alaale by stately arch. This ha
runs the entire length Of the house an
Opens on the right into lofty draw
.ns room and on the left into dinin
'eon' where old mahogany sideboard
see laden with silver two centuries oil
sesfing the crests Of the Harrisons an