Today In History

September 23, 1965 — While fishing at Wachapreague, Va., on the Eastern Shore Friday of last week, Leo Strickler Sr. landed a big channel bass or “red drum.” It weighed 41-1/2 pounds and was 45 […]

September 22, 1911 — The new Mount Carmel Church was dedicated by the Old School Baptists under the brightest auspices last Sunday, Sept. 17, 1911. The edifice was crowded to its capacity and held at […]

September 21, 1961 — The dense nature of undergrowth and trees in the Kite Hollow area drained by the East Hawksbill is indicated by the length of time it took searching parties to locate the […]

September 20, 1962 — James Gander, 40, son of Mrs. Blanche Shaffer Gander and the late Lester H. Gander and a prominent Page County Republican, was named by Judge Hamilton Haas, of the Circuit Court, […]

September 19, 1889 — Two freight trains on the Shenandoah Valley Railroad came in collision at Buena Vista station, last Thursday, making a bad wreck of two engines and a number of cars, killing instantly […]

September 18, 1986 — Page County Extension Agent Arlis Frymyer noted that 3,500 to 4,000 bales of hay were shipped as a goodwill gesture from New York farmers through the Virginia Drought Emergency Program. Some […]