Today In History

April 5, 1962 — The Luray High School baseball team will play its first game on the 1962 schedule on Tuesday afternoon of next week against the Stonewall Jackson Generals on the latter’s diamond. J.R. […]

April 4, 1889 — The store house and dwelling at Grove Hill, belonging to William Kite, and occupied by William Koontz, as a dwelling, and by J.J. Shaver as a store, was destroyed by fire […]

April 3, 1890 — After consultation with many ex-Confederate soldiers we find them in favor of holding a reunion sometime in the near future. What say you comrades, to having such a meeting the 4th […]

April 2, 1964 — The Luray Bowling Lanes’ team defeated Waynesboro here recently in a duck-pin match highlighted by some excellent rolling. Luray pounded out games of 629, 626 and 654 for a strong set […]

April 1, 1965 — Announcement was made that Luray is to have a new industry in the form of the Vandermark Glass Works, culminating many months of effort and negotiation on the part of the […]

March 31, 1887 — From parties who have visited it we hear there are evident traces of an extensive Indian camping ground west of the Shenandoah River near the residence of Mr. Jos. T. Strickler. […]