Today In History

March 30, 1961 — The Stanley High School Tigers open high school baseball for the 1961 season, Saturday afternoon, April 1, when they will entertain the Stonewall Jackson Generals in a 3 o’clock clash at […]

March 29, 1990 — The ribbon was cut last week and the Page County Board of Supervisors officially opened its recycling and trash compacting collection station at Springfield. The main items for collection at the […]

March 28, 1890 — Farmers have most of their corn ground plowed and are now making time by hauling ties from the mountain. A great deal of the timber from which the bark was peeled […]

March 27, 1986 — Larry W. Daniel, a former deputy with the Page County Sheriff ’s Department, was appointed Monday night as Front Royal’s chief of police. Daniel, a 37-year- old Front Royal resident, served […]

March 26, 1964 — Page County Sheriff Clark Long had a harrowing experience Monday afternoon of this week while attempting to arrest a 26-year-old Stanley man. A shot fired by the man from a 30-30 […]

March 25, 1965 — The well at the Shenandoah National Park headquarters has taken a new lease on life since the earthquake in Alaska. The level of the water rose about 18 inches after the […]