Today In History

December 7, 1887 — Some three or four weeks ago there came near being a disastrous fire at Mr. Abram Brubaker’s, in Massanutton, but which was prevented in an almost marvelous manner. Lester, his son, […]

December 6, 1889 — On Friday morning, while Kaywood, a little son of Mr. John Henry, who lives northwest of Luray, was driving a horse, attached to a wagon through town, the horse became unmanageable, […]

December 5, 1991 — At a public hearing on Page County’s new vocational-technical education center at Stanley Elementary school, one thing was clear: The program will start small and grow with time. Eight members of […]

December 3, 1986 — Roadside supervisors have been watching progress on two major Page County construction projects — the O’Sullivan plant and the Jamesway Shopping Plaza. At the O’Sullivan site, a dozen workmen are busy […]

December 2, 1964 — The coldest weather Page County has had since last February was experienced over the weekend. Thermometers in the lower hills of the mountains were reported as low as 12 degrees and […]

December 1, 1891 — That was a business-like blow that fell down upon Luray last Monday morning about 11 o’clock. It came without warning, and for a few minutes no such storm was ever witnessed […]