Near Washington Street at Broad Street, on the left when traveling east.
You are standing in Founders Square. Altavista was founded in 1905, by brothers John Edward and Henry Lee Lane, who were awarded a contract to connect the Virginian and Southern Railroad systems at the Staunton River. Visualizing the significance . . . — — Map (db m247314) HM
On Main Street (Business U.S. 29) at Wards Droad (U.S. 29), on the left when traveling south on Main Street.
During the Revolutionary War, loyalists in the
Virginia backcountry periodically conspired
against the Revolutionary authorities. Colonels
Charles Lynch, James Callaway, and other militia
officers and county justices formed extralegal
courts to . . . — — Map (db m65382) HM
On Wickliffe Road (Virginia Route 40) at Pick Street, on the right when traveling east on Wickliffe Road.
Lt. Gen. Lewis Andrew Pick was born here on November 18, 1890. Educated at Rustburg and at VPI, (where he was a member of the Corps of Cadets), General Pick served in two World Wars and in the Korean Conflict. Best known as the builder of the . . . — — Map (db m64424) HM
On Swinging Bridge Road (County Route 605) at Wickliffe Road (Virginia Route 40), on the right when traveling west on Swinging Bridge Road.
Four and a half miles north stands Hat Creek Presbyterian Church, founded by John Irving and associates (first settlers) about 1742. William Irving, son of John, and the noted blind preacher, James Waddel, were among its pastors. The first log . . . — — Map (db m122066) HM
On Red Hill Road (County Route 677) 1 mile south of Staunton Hill Road (County Route 619).
The double box tomb on the north side of the path marks the graves of Patrick Henry and his second wife, Dorothea Dandridge. Patrick Henry died at home on June 6, 1799, after a long illness. Dorothea died on Valentine's Day 1831 at Seven Islands, . . . — — Map (db m128643) HM
Near Red Hill Road (Route 677) 1 mile south of Staunton Hill Road (County Route 619).
Largest of its species in the nation, this tree has for decades been named the National Champion by the American Forest Hall of Fame. The great Osage orange tree is at least 330 years old at the turn of this century and stands at greater than 60 . . . — — Map (db m128681) HM
On Red Hill Road (County Route 677) 1 mile south of Staunton Hill Road (County Route 619).
When Patrick Henry purchased Red Hill in 1794, there existed on this site a modest four-room, one-and-a-half story dwelling, which had been constructed shortly before the Revolutionary War.
After Patrick Henry's death, the house passed to his . . . — — Map (db m128684) HM
On Wickliffe Road (Virginia Route 40) at Mt. Calvary Road (County Route 600), on the right when traveling east on Wickliffe Road.
Five miles southeast Is Red Hill the last
home and burial place of Patrick Henry,
governor of Virginia and the great orator
of the American Revolution. Henry is
especially famous for his “Liberty or Death”
speech made in 1775 in Saint John’s . . . — — Map (db m64382) HM
On Main Street south of East Rush Street (County Route 1103), on the right when traveling south.
Five miles east is Red Hill, last home and grave of Patrick Henry, orator of the Revolution. He moved there in 1796 and died there, June 6, 1799. Henry is especially famous for his “Liberty or Death” speech made in 1775 at the beginning of the . . . — — Map (db m64431) HM
On Lusardi Drive (U.S. 501) at Rush Street when traveling north on Lusardi Drive.
Five miles east is Red Hill, the last home and
gravesite of Patrick Henry, the great orator
of the Revolution. Henry is especially famous
for his “Liberty or Death” speech made in
1775 in St. John’s Church in Richmond. Henry
moved . . . — — Map (db m64434) HM
Near Red Hill Road (County Route 677) 1 mile south of Staunton Hill Road (Route 619).
This beautiful and tranquil garden spot overlooking the unspoiled forested Staunton River valley is set aside as a special place reserved for those descended from Patrick Henry, who have chosen that their cremated remains would be scattered in . . . — — Map (db m128695) HM
Near Red Hill Road (County Route 677) 1 mile Staunton Hill Road (County Route 619), on the right when traveling south.
These simple fieldstones mark the resting place of slaves and African Americans who worked at Red Hill, making it among the most productive tobacco plantations along the Staunton River during the 18th and 19th centuries.
When Patrick Henry . . . — — Map (db m128704) HM
Near Red Hill Road (County Route 677) 1 mile Staunton Hill Road (County Route 619).
Home of Harrison and his wife, Milly, longtime servants of the Henry family. Harrison, when a small boy, is believed to have been Patrick Henry's slave and later, coachman for his son, John. Restored in 1961 using some of the original logs.
"Let . . . — — Map (db m128705) HM
On Brookneal Highway (U.S. 501) near Pigeon Run Road (County Route 652), on the right when traveling south. Reported missing.
Two miles east is Shady Grove, which was built in 1825 by Dr. George Cabell, of Point of Honor in Lynchburg, for his daughter Paulina and her husband Alexander Spotswood Henry, son of Patrick Henry. Shady Grove is a handsomely proportioned and . . . — — Map (db m64247) HM
On Richmond Highway (U.S. 460) 0.3 miles west of Mount Athos Road (County Route 726), on the right when traveling east.
Two miles north stand massive sandstone walls and four chimneys, the ruins of Mount Athos, overlooking a bend of the James River. The house was built about 1800 for William J. Lewis (1766-1828) on land that had been patented in 1742 by John Bolling . . . — — Map (db m42896) HM
On Richmond Highway (U.S. 460) 0.1 miles east of Oxford Furnace Road (County Route 662), on the right when traveling west.
Just south across Little Beaver Creek stand the ruins of the last of three Oxford Iron Works furnaces built in the vicinity. Virginia and Pennsylvania investors began the ironworks nearby between 1768 and 1772 as a small bloomery forge. According to . . . — — Map (db m42897) HM
On Alum Springs Road (County Route 858) at Town Fork Road (County Route 623), on the right when traveling east on Alum Springs Road.
This place, on the old stage road, was the first county seat of Bedford; the first courthouse, built in 1755, was standing until 1856. In 1781, New London was raided by the British cavalryman, Tarleton, seeking military stores. It came into Campbell . . . — — Map (db m65383) HM
On Village Highway (Virginia Route 24) just west of Red House Road (County Road 615), on the right when traveling west.
Campbell County Training School (CCTS) opened here ca. 1923 after African American citizens campaigned for better schools. The black community, the county, and the Julius Rosenwald Fund paid for its construction. Rosenwald, inspired . . . — — Map (db m181140) HM
On Village Highway (U.S. 501) at Courthouse Lane (County Road 671), on the left when traveling east on Village Highway.
In honor of the brave citizens of our county who served and will continue to serve our great country.
Lest we forget those who gave the supreme sacrifice to preserve our freedom. — — Map (db m181129) WM
On Village Highway (Virginia Route 24), on the right when traveling west.
Born in Lynchburg in 1913, Col. Vincent W.
“Squeek” Burnett learned to fly at age 16.
By the mid-1930s, he was one of America’s
renowned aerobatic pilots and a member of
the Flying Aces Air Circus. He performed
such signature . . . — — Map (db m64207) HM
On Village Highway (Route 501) near Rails End Lane (County Route 838), on the right when traveling south.
Rustburg was named after Jeremiah Rust, who patented land here in 1780. Rust donated 50 acres of land, known as Rust Meadows, in 1784, for the county seat of Campbell County. A temporary courthouse and other public buildings were constructed . . . — — Map (db m65564) HM