Shenandoah National ParkPage County
Julius F. Somers farm, Tract 295, Page County
Did you know?Log houses in Page County
The 1920s survey
A 3-room frame house, 16 by 40 feet, with a metal roof; a barn, 28 by 28 feet; 1 acre of orchard (50 apple trees); timber (white pine, yellow pine). 250 acres, valued at $1,266. The state paid $3,341.
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).
- SomersJuliusF._Page295.pdf (4.7 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)
Families of the park
Other tracts whose owners shared the name. A shared name doesn’t always mean a shared family.
- A.C. Somers farm (part a), Tract 312a, Page County
- A.C. Somers farm, Tract 312, Page County
- Carl W. Somers farm, Tract 315, Page County
- George W. Somers farm, Tract 343, Page County
- N.R. Somers farm (part a), Tract 324a, Page County
- N.R. Somers farm (part b), Tract 324b, Page County
- N.R. Somers farm, Tract 324, Page County
- W.H. Somers farm, Tract 326, Page County
Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.