Today In History

August 18, 1911 — The Luray Fire Department will leave for Newport News next Tuesday morning. About 25 or 30 members are expected to go. The reel team has been in daily practice for the […]

August 17, 1989 — Fifth grade students in the Page County School System will be greeted this fall by a new and special teacher. The teacher’s name is Ellen Phillips, and she will serve as […]

August 16, 1962 — The Senators won the Little League baseball championship in Luray for 1962 with an 18-4 victory over the Caverns Bats last week. The Senators won two straight during the play- off […]

August 15, 1889 — B.F. Armentrout, aged about 60 years, an employee of the contractors on the smoke stack at the Tannery, was suddenly killed on the siding at the Tannery on last Saturday morning, […]

August 14, 1986 — The Page County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 Monday to draft an ordinance which would ban topless waitressing and bartending, massage parlors and public “stripping” in the county. County Attorney Rodger […]

August 13, 1987 — For endurance rider Tom Sites, persistence paid off. Sites brought a gold medal back to Page County after helping the U.S. Equestrian Team capture the European Open Championship in Marloffstein, West Germany, […]