Today In History

February 14, 1991 — A Luray hotel received a bomb threat Thursday night, according to Chief Albert Judd of the Luray Police Department. Chief Judd reported that the night clerk at The Mimslyn called the […]

February 13, 1986 — “I feel like now my records are secure to the point that I could reproduce anything that might be destroyed by fire.” Luther E. “Ikey” Miller, clerk of Page County’s Circuit […]

February 12, 1891 — A freight wreck near Spitler’s Crossing, four miles south of Luray, delayed trains several hours last Thursday evening. The wreck occurred about 6 o’clock and people living in that neighborhood who […]

February 11, 1892 — Mr. Daniel Fagan died at his residence in Luray on Friday evening, Feb. 5, 1892, in his 65th year. A native of Winchester and 1st Lieutenant of the “Morgan Continentals,” an […]

February 10, 1966 — W.H. Cook, manager of the Walled Lake Door plant at Stanley, stated this week that the company plans an addition at Stanley of approximately 20,000 sq. ft. of floor space. The […]

February 9, 1961 — The consensus of opinion among the ground hog experts in this area is that the shadow of His Honor was seen last Thursday with a vengeance. And just to prove his […]