Today In History

June 2, 1911 — Mr. McKim, who is one of the contractors putting in the extension in the water system, says that if nothing unforeseen happens the work will be completed by the last of […]

June 1, 1961 — Last Friday at the Awards Assembly in the Luray High School auditorium, Bill Joyner was presented with a handsome gold medallion engraved with the symbolic wolf and twins of Rome. He […]

May 31, 1990 — If it’s not a first in the State of Virginia, then at least Page County’s three VFW post commanders have done something extremely rare. All three — William J. McKnight of […]

May 30, 1889 — The northbound passenger train on the S.V.R.R. on Monday evening last ran into seven head of cattle, in Darin’s Cut, one and a half miles north of Dry Run, this county, […]

May 29, 1890 — The strong feeling exhibited by the townsfolk of Luray, and the earnest desire of our merchants for rest and relief both for themselves and their hard-worked clerks, has at least culminated […]

May 28, 1987 — The process, they say, never ends. The ceaseless seasonal cycles always provide some element that gnaws at the foundation of Skyline Drive’s serpentine wall — built originally more than 50 years […]