Shenandoah National ParkPage County

Bertie Jewell farm, Tract 121, Page County

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The 1920s survey

A 5-room log and frame house, 17 by 40 feet, with a shingle roof; a barn, 27 by 45 feet; 2 acres of orchard (apple, Winesaps). 93 acres, valued at $742.

Map of the tract

Today

House sites and family graves are never marked. Pins show only public places, from USGS place names and other public sources.

Case files

Scanned deeds, surveys and claims, kept by the National Park Service (PDF).

From the case file

A two-story wooden house with a front porch and two chimneys, surrounded by trees and a picket fence.
A two-story wooden house with a front porch and two chimneys, surrounded by trees and a picket fence. Photo: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, case file JewellBertie_Page121.pdf, opens in a new tab, page 3.
A weathered wooden house with a porch stands among bare trees.
A weathered wooden house with a porch stands among bare trees. Photo: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, case file JewellBertie_Page121.pdf, opens in a new tab, page 4.

Families of the park

Other tracts whose owners shared the name. A shared name doesn’t always mean a shared family.

Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.