Today In History

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 […]

October 28, 1965 — Monday night seemed to be “break-in night” in Shenandoah when four break-ins were reported. The Shenandoah News Stand was entered and a transistor radio, cigarettes, lighters and candy were taken. As […]

October 27, 1887 — Capt. M.V.B. Kite marshaled his forces one evening last week and attacked a regiment of rats that had taken possession and gone into winter quarters in his mill near Marksville, this county. […]

October 26, 1989 — Construction has begun on a sewage treatment plant that should fill Luray’s needs into the next century. “This will double the town’s capacity for treatment, allowing growth in population to at […]

October 25, 1990 — Luray and Stanley are appealing the preliminary 1990 population count made by the U.S. Bureau of the Census while Page County and the Town of Shenandoah appear content with the figures. […]