Today In History

November 3, 1887 — Joseph Dawson, charged with an attempted rape, was tried in the county court last Friday. The jury fined him $5 and the judge added one year’s imprisonment in the county jail. […]

November 2, 1961 — A momentous event occurred recently at what is known as Long’s Store when the old pot-bellied stove, a fixture in the store for some 60 years, was removed in favor of […]

November 1, 1990 — Local, regional and state officials are hoping that more area residents will use the new “Park and Ride” lot in Luray and go to work by carpool. The lot, built at […]

October 31, 1889 — Last Friday Sheriff Chapman received a letter from the Marshall of Baltimore requesting him to “arrest Calvin Grimes on the charge of horse stealing. Description: 22 years of age; brown hair, […]

October 30, 1890 — A large crowd of animated buyers assembled at Stanley on the 21st and 22nd inst., to attend the first sale of lots by the Stanley Furnace and Land Company. The company […]

October 29, 1964 — Members of the Mount Zion Church of the Brethren, three miles south of Luray, decided to do something about the unsightly appearance of the roadside leading to the church. For years […]