George Pollock farm, Tract 296, Page County

Did you know?Pollock's land beside Skyland

The 1920s survey

Timber (hemlock, basswood, sugar-maple, red oak, chestnut oak). 1,105 acres, valued at $4,412. The state paid $6,052.

Today

Landmarks on this map (6)

Places

Skyland Resort · Wikidata

Summits

Bushytop · USGS place names
Millers Head · USGS place names
Stony Man Mountain · Wikidata

Springs

Furnace Spring · USGS place names

Post offices

Skyland Post Office (historical) · USGS place names

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

Landmarks in this tract: Bushytop · USGS place names, Furnace Spring · USGS place names, Millers Head · USGS place names, Skyland Post Office (historical) · USGS place names, Skyland Resort · Wikidata, Stony Man Mountain · Wikidata

On Wikipedia

Skyland Resort: small privately owned resort on Skyline Drive in the Shenandoah National Park
Originally established in 1895 as Stony Man Camp by George Freeman Pollock, this high-elevation retreat was designed for urban elites seeking recreation. After the creation of Shenandoah National Park in the 1930s, the site was preserved and expanded rather than demolished, allowing it to remain a visitor destination.
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Stony Man Mountain: mountain in United States of America
Stony Man Mountain is a prominent Blue Ridge peak composed of ancient basalt that was metamorphosed into greenstone. It stands as one of only two summits in Shenandoah National Park exceeding 4,000 feet in elevation. The site is accessible via hiking trails from Skyline Drive and the Appalachian Trail.
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Stony Man Mountain Photo: Fredlyfish4, CC BY-SA 4.0, opens in a new tab, via Wikimedia Commons, opens in a new tab.

Skyland Resort Photo: Daderot, CC0, opens in a new tab, via Wikimedia Commons, opens in a new tab.

Case files

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

4001-009-01-03443-Print003-enhanced-.jpg (0.6 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)
Little Stony Man.pdf (0.6 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)
PollockGeorgeF._Lap_Page296_I.pdf (0.6 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)
PollockGeorgeF._Page296_Part 1.pdf (8.0 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)
PollockGeorgeF._Page296_Part 2.pdf (3.6 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)
SHEN21368_Victor Mindeleff.jpg (0.8 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)
SHEN21368_Victor Mindeleff.pdf (0.1 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)

From the case file

A winding road climbs along a forested mountain ridge dusted with snow, with more ridges fading into haze beyond. Photo: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, case file Little Stony Man.pdf, opens in a new tab, page 1.

A watercolour painting of a small wooden cabin with a stone chimney and porch on a grassy mountainside, with an American flag flying nearby; it is signed and dated in the lower left. Photo: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, case file SHEN21368_Victor Mindeleff.pdf, opens in a new tab, page 1.

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.