The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-14

OWN In Virginia on the Staun-
ton river, at the dividing line
Of Campbell and Charlotte
counties, is a splendid colonial
mansion, green-blinded and with a
brass-knockered doorway that opens on
formal box-hedged pathway fianked
| by sun dial at the end of the walk
1t Is only one OF hundreds Of historic
homes in this beautiful state, but as
RED HILL" the last home and resting
place Of Patrick Henry. 1t Is beloved
by every Virglnian and Ia also regard
ed as shrine by all patriotic Amer1-
cans from coast to coast.
The Red Hill Of yesterday consisted
Of n 2,OOO-acre plantation, thus named
because Of the red-brown soil. For two
years after Patrick Henry bought the
place he divided his time between 1t
and his Long Island plantation 20 miles
further up the river Meantime, how
ever, he became so attached to Red
Hill that he decided to spend the re-
mainder of his days there, and accord
inKly removed there in 1906, making
no changes ia the architecture of the
old revolutionary house except to add
shed in order that he might hear the
patter Of the rain on the roof, writes
Louise E. Dew. in Grit.
The Red Hill of today has been re-
Gently remodeled along colonial lines,
but adjacent to the house stands the
same little hip-roofed "cookhouse' or
| kitchen, always feature Of the ante
, bellum home, and over which presided
red-turbanned, white-haired Aunt
) Becky" and her kinky-headed minions
, all of whom loved and reverenced the
"marster" with all his kith and kin.
His Office and Tomb.
t Nearby stands the diminutive "of
2 nee" in which Patrick Henry transact
e ed all the plantation affairs. Further
t on, at the end of the old-fashioned gar
t den inclOsed by n lockwood hedge -
It feet square, lie his remains marked b.
t an ohlong slab Of marble bearing tn
), Inscription OF his name, the date of hi
/, birth and death, and the simple words
IS His Name Is His Best Enitaph."
: Under the adjoining slab rest the re
mains of his wife, Dorothea cambridge
O to whom he left his estate for life q
s follows:
n 81 do give to my said wife all m
S, lands at and adjoining my dwellin
< place called Red Hill. to b
< held during her life with 20 slaves, he
" choice of them ALL At her death tn
% said lands are to be divided at her di'
~ cretion."
From that day to this the home {
e, Patrick Henry has been jealousl
r~v,o r1 oil nv hio descendants
e. In the restoration of Red Hill tn
st colonial character Of the building HI
It. been preserved and added to withol
I'd in any way departing from the line
which Patrick Henry knew and love
10 The woodwork inside the house
ne white; tall mantels and big fireplace
add to It's quaint character. The bras
e. locks represent part Of the fee in II
famous Randolph case when PatriC
ID Henry saved the life Of Richard, brot
no er Of that eccentric genius John Ra
70 dolph Of Roanoke. The old-fashiont
i'd garden has been restocked with shru'
from Mount Vernon and the landsca
Ing done by the brother of the ga
Nv dener at Mount Vernon who was his
a, structor.
>, Has Beautiful Location.
~ Red Hill is superbly situated. {
"a the north It looks out upon the BIZ
r. Ridge with the lofty peaks Of the OFT
- plainly visible although 60 miles d
A., tant: on the south a serpentine STREET
~ of the Staunton valley, varying
~ width from quarter of mile to
-, mile, the banks OF the river gleamll
- with giant onks and holly trees fro
"a which the Spanish moss trails and gs
~. lands like fantastic Druidical beart
-. 1t was recently my privilege to VII
~ In Richmond, Va, at Rosecroft, t
IN home OF Mrs Elizabeth Henry Igor
great-granddaughte Of Patrick Hem
81 who Inherited with her brothers r
ne Hill, and to see there many relics
~ her famous ancestor besides numero
nu letters and documents yellowed wi
'u age and creased by times fingers.
-" There stands In bas-relief d
on spent in visiting the historic spots
II Richmond. One incident particular
ler 10 recalled with peculiar slgniflcan
ne at this crisis In our world affairs. RI
erently sitting in he cathedral-twilie
ny q old st. Johns church, In the We
cd NV where Patrick Henry stood VII
lat - delivered HE Anous speech bsfe
,sk
led