Today In History

June 26, 1986 — A group of hikers and a Shenandoah National Park ranger were charged by a bear in the Stony Man region of the Park on Sunday, noted chief ranger Larry Hakel. No […]

June 25, 1987 — The Shenandoah Homemaker Club honored Virginia Melton as Shenandoah’s “Woman of the Year” during the group’s 12th annual summer banquet Saturday evening. Mrs. Melton, a retired Page County school teacher, was […]

June 24, 1965 — A cemetery more than a century old east of Luray is scheduled to be moved for the dual laning of U.S. 211 from the Blue Ridge Mountains to Luray corporate limits. The […]

June 23, 1887 — One of the heaviest storms ever known in this latitude visited this place last Tuesday evening about 3 o’clock, lasting about 1-1/2 hours. The clouds began to gather in the northwest […]

June 22, 1989 — Over 530 people visited the Luray O’Sullivan plant during its open house Saturday. Company officials were on hand, and some people were taken along on tours. But most seemed to prefer […]

June 21, 1990 — For those waiting for the U.S. 340 bypass it’s a good sign. But that’s all it is for the moment. The Virginia Department of Transportation recently placed signs at either end […]