Shenandoah National ParkPage County

John W. Beahm farm, Tract 158, Page County

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The 1920s survey

A 6-room frame house, 16 by 32 feet, with a metal roof; a barn, 22 by 26 feet. 16 acres, valued at $400. The state paid $2,365.

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 frame house with a standing-seam metal roof, a brick chimney and a wraparound porch, seen from above with a wooded hillside behind; the image survives as a faded photocopy.
A frame house with a standing-seam metal roof, a brick chimney and a wraparound porch, seen from above with a wooded hillside behind; the image survives as a faded photocopy. Photo: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, case file BeahmJohnW._Page158.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.