Today In History

October 2, 1890 — The violent death by his own hand of Lewis McHenry Weaver on last Thursday night at his home in this place was one of the most shocking tragedies that ever occurred […]

October 1, 1987 — Scotty beamed up quite a few fans in Luray this week. Actor James Doohan, the broguish engineer on television’s long-running “Star Trek” series and in the four movies it spawned, signed […]

September 30, 1965 — The Luray Bulldogs and the Page County Panthers played to a 7-7 tie in the fifth football game in their rivalry last Saturday night at Shenandoah before a crowd of 1,500 […]

September 29,1887 — During the past 30 days thieves have been on the rampage in the neighborhood of Marksville. Mr. J.M. Dovel has had 22 turkeys stolen, Mr. Samuel Buracker 25 chickens, and Mr. Emanuel […]

September 28, 1989 — Laura Gordon Semones is carrying on a family tradition. She is the third teacher in her family to teach the third grade at Springfield Elementary School and the fourth teacher in […]

September 27, 1990 — Labeling themselves as everyday, ordinary people, The Friends of the Shenandoah River held an organizational meeting in Page County last week. The non-profit organization, based in Front Royal, has some 150 […]