2023 Map of Wells Tannery

About this map

Wells Tannery sits at a crossroads of rugged terrain where the ridge-and-valley province of Pennsylvania meets the Bedford and Fulton County line. This landscape is defined by the massive parallel heights of Kimber Mountain, Sideling Hill, and Rays Hill, which channel the flow of waters like Tub Mill Run and Sherman Valley Run. The presence of the Old Mountain House and the numerous small graveyards, such as the Mountain Chapel Church Cem and Shermans Valley Church Graveyard, speak to generations of rural settlement clustered in the more hospitable lowland gaps. While modern transport corridors now cut through the ridges, the map preserves the traditional orientation of place-names like Graceville and Valley-Hi, showing how topography dictated the placement of early mountain churches and family burial grounds in this corner of the Commonwealth.