Today In History

November 10, 1965 — For some 15 years or more now the members of the Seventh-Day Adventist of the Town of Stanley have been engaged in Apple Butter Boiling each fall of the year. This […]

November 9, 1989 — Contrary to reports that Adolph Coors Co. planned to shut down its plant in Elkton, the company decided Saturday on a $5.5 million expansion, company officials said. The news comes on […]

November 8, 1990 — A two-month-old house in the Catherine Furnace area was one of a string of fires Halloween night. According to Special Agent John Thomas of the Virginia State Police, a two-story frame […]

November 7, 1889 — That Luray is to have a railroad direct to Washington seems to be only a question of time — and from present indications probably a very short time. We are not prepared […]

November 6, 1890 — Mr. A.J. Campbell has the smartest dog in this town, and is always the companion of his master. Sometime ago Mr. C. and Lee (that’s the dog’s name) were coming up […]

November 5, 1987 — Page County gained its first woman member of the board of supervisors and lost a 20-year veteran in Tuesday voting. Nora Belle Comer, Republican newcomer, defeated David Slye for the Election […]