Beahm, Virginia

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Sign for the "Beam's Gap Overlook" along Shenandoah National Park's Skyline Drive. 2016-10-25 12 10 01 Sign for the Beahms Gap Overlook along Shenandoah National Park's Skyline Drive on the border of Page County, Virginia and Rappahannock County, Virginia.jpg
Sign for the "Beam's Gap Overlook" along Shenandoah National Park's Skyline Drive.

Beahm, Virginia is an extinct unincorporated community in Page County, Virginia. [1] [2] [3]

The Beahm community included homesteads, farms, cemeteries, a mill, and an outpost in the mountains of the Shenandoah Valley. [4] [5] [6] The community was serviced by the Washington, Cincinnati, and Saint Louis Railroad. [7] The community was named for the Beahm family who were prominent farmers and landowners in Page County. [8] [9]

The community became part of Shenandoah National Park during the Great Depression, [10] [11] and part of the area is now referred to as "Beahm's Gap Overlook" in Thornton Gap. [12] [7] [13] [14] Beahm Lane in Page County is named for the area. [15]

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References

  1. ↑ Shenandoah National Park (N.P.), Facility Development Plan: Environmental Impact Statement. 1997.
  2. ↑ "Virginia's Ghost Towns". sites.rootsweb.com. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
  3. ↑ Wayland, John Walter (1927). A History of Shenandoah County, Virginia. Shenandoah Publishing House.
  4. ↑ Gannett, Henry (1904). The Gazetteer of Virginia. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  5. ↑ Eicher, David J. (2005-03-14). Civil War Battlefields: A Touring Guide. Taylor Trade Publishing. ISBN   978-1-4616-6178-8.
  6. ↑ Johnson, Elisabeth Branch (1981). Rappahannock County, Virginia, a History: Fact, Fiction, Foolishness, and the Fairfax Story. Walsworth Publishing Company.
  7. 1 2 Miscellaneous Documents: 30th Congress, 1st Session - 49th Congress, 1st Session. 1875.
  8. ↑ Campbell, Judith A. (2004). The Beahm Family of Page County, Virginia. J.A. Campbell.
  9. ↑ Campbell, Judith A. (1994). The Beahm Family. J.A. Campbell.
  10. ↑ Holsinger, John R. (1975). Descriptions of Virginia Caves. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources.
  11. ↑ Lambert, Darwin (1989). The Undying Past of Shenandoah National Park. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN   978-0-911797-57-2.
  12. ↑ "Beahms Gap Overlook (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
  13. ↑ National Genealogical Society Quarterly. National Genealogical Society. 1992.
  14. ↑ Recreation (1976). National Park System: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Parks and Recreation of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, United States Senate. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  15. ↑ http://www.virginiadot.org/info/resources/Traffic_2016/AADT_069_Page_2016.pdf VDOT Page County 2016 Traffic Counts

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