Shenandoah National Park / Page County
The 1920s survey A 5-room weatherboard house, 14 by 26 feet, with a shingle roof; 6 acres of orchard (270 apple trees); timber (young timber). 173 acres, valued at $4,019.
Map of the tract 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).
Families of the park Other tracts whose owners shared the name. A shared name doesn’t always mean a shared family.
Did you know? A frame summer house with a stone foundation
The tract included a one-story frame summer house with 3 rooms, a porch, a brick chimney and a stone foundation, listed in good condition.
Sources differ: the land-acquisition case file gives “The tract included a one-story frame summer house with 3 rooms, a porch, a brick chimney and a stone foundation, listed in good condition”; the land-acquisition case file says “County; Page Distrlet: Markeville p4Sl ~ Bieler, Le Ls emer st negate 2880”.
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An orchard of 270 apple trees
The appraisal listed 270 apple trees, twenty years old, in fair condition, on 6 acres valued at $450.
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A log stable in poor condition
The tract included a log stable with a shingled roof, listed in poor condition.
Sources differ: the land-acquisition case file gives “The tract included a log stable with a shingled roof, listed in poor condition”; the land-acquisition case file says “County; Page Distrlet: Markeville p4Sl ~ Bieler, Le Ls emer st negate 2880”.
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Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.