Today In History

January 19, 1961 — “Aunt Allean” Brown, who lives in the Parkway section between Elkton and Shenandoah, celebrated her 101st birthday Sunday, Jan. 15, at her home. Friends and relatives called on her and she […]

January 18, 1911 — Ten years ago Claud Lineweaver — then 10 years old — told his little sweetheart of eight summers that when he got to be 20 years old he would marry her. […]

January 17, 1911 — The Board of Supervisors, we understand, has about completed arrangements for the purchase of a road grader, one of the modern methods for improving highways. Substantial evidence may be had that […]

January 16, 1991 — The Page County Board of Supervisors put plans for a courthouse addition on the back burner at Monday’s meeting. Lowell Baughan, an architect with the Luray firm of Baughan and Baukhages, […]

January 15, 1986 — The Great Flood of ‘85 resurrected a relic which vanished in the Great Flood of ‘42. Ruffner’s Ferry, a hardwood boat which carried people, livestock and other cargo across the South […]

January 14, 1887 — The Gem Furnace at Milnes, which chilled last fall, was put in blast again last Saturday, giving employment to 600 men. We rejoice at the information. Milnes continues an energetic, enterprising, […]