HISTORY train Luray
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SVRR collisions

September 23, 1889 — Two freight trains on the Shenandoah Valley Railroad came in collision at Buena Vista station, last Thursday, making a bad wreck of two engines and a number of cars, killing instantly […]
Bale of hay
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Gift of hay

September 22, 1986 — Page County Extension Agent Arlis Frymyer noted that 3,500-4,000 bales of hay were shipped as a goodwill gesture from New York farmers through the Virginia Drought Emergency Program. Some 40 county […]
Old country road
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Barn burns

September 21, 1890 — Mr. Thos. Spitler’s barn, situate on the Hawksbill about six miles south of Luray, including contents, was completely destroyed by fire last Sunday morning about 1 o’clock. The barn was a […]