Shenandoah National ParkRappahannock County

Andrew J. Clark farm (part d), Tract 138d, Rappahannock County

Did you know?Virginia Acquired Land in 1930s

The 1920s survey

A 4-room log house, 17 by 42 feet, with a shingle and metal roof; a barn, 15 by 36 feet; 8 acres of orchard (apple). 172 acres, valued at $1,054. The state paid $2,417.

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

Andrew J. Clark and Alice Cora Clark, photographed together in their yard in August 1937, with laundry drying on a line behind them.
Andrew J. Clark and Alice Cora Clark, photographed together in their yard in August 1937, with laundry drying on a line behind them. Photo: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, case file ClarkAndrew_Rapp138B.pdf, opens in a new tab, page 4. The same photo is in the case file of Andrew J. Clark farm (part a), Tract 138a, Rappahannock County and Andrew J. Clark farm, Tract 138, Rappahannock County.

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.