Editing Rose Hill, Lee County, Virginia (section)

==History==
The Rose Hill post office was established in 1825.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=VA&county=Lee&searchtext=&pagenum=4 | title=Lee County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=September 30, 2014}}</ref> The community was likely named for rose bushes growing in the area.<ref>{{cite book|last=Tennis|first=Joe|title=Southwest Virginia Crossroads: An Almanac of Place Names and Places to See|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=noiiZPTGk9IC&pg=PA17|year=2004|publisher=The Overmountain Press|isbn=978-1-57072-256-1|page=17}}</ref>

===Martin's Station===
Rose Hill was the site of Martin's Station, the westernmost frontier fort built by Indian trader and later [[Brigadier General]] [[Joseph Martin (general)|Joseph Martin]], namesake of [[Martinsville, Virginia]], and one of the first explorers of the [[Powell Valley]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historicmartinsstation.com/history.shtml|title=A Short History of Martin's Station, historicmartinsstation.com|publisher=}}</ref> After Indian raids on his Powell Valley settlement, Martin abandoned his early fort. Six years later, in early 1775, Martin returned to the region and built the fort at Martin's Station in early 1775 on the north side of Martin's Creek. The wooden fort contained some six cabins built about {{convert|30|ft|m}} apart, with stockades between the buildings. The fort was abandoned the following year after conflicts between settlers and [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native Americans]]. Martin later sold his landholdings in Lee County, which totaled some {{convert|25000|acre|km2}}.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110131190852/http://www.mhchistoricalsociety.com/Education/Articles/tabid/1398/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/7/General-Joseph-Martin-1740---1808.aspx General Joseph Martin, Martinsville-Henry County Historical Society]}}</ref>

Today there is a replica of the fort at nearby [[Wilderness Road State Park]].