Today In History

November 17, 1887 — We learn from Mr. B.F. Strickler that a number of the farmers living on Dry Run have recently lost sums of money, varying from $21 to $100. During the past few […]

November 16, 1961 — The Stanley Adventist group boiled some 80 gallons of apple butter last week, marking the close of the apple butter boiling season for this year. A total of 650 gallons of […]

November 15, 1962 — A group of Silver Spring youths and their adult leader gave a bit of worry to park rangers over the weekend when they were unreported for six or more hours. They […]

November 14, 1889 — A singular accident occurred at Mr. Perry Finter’s, about a mile east of town, Sunday morning. Mr. Finter, wife and son, a lad about 13 years of age, were in the […]

November 13, 1986 — County attorney Rodger Smith has completed a proposed ordinance which would regulate nude dancing, display or exposure, obscene conduct and massage parlors in Page. At their monthly session Monday, the Page […]

November 12, 1964 — The Virginia Sky-Line Co. has filed a petition in Page County Circuit Court seeking an order to set aside the statute of limitations on real estate and personal property taxes until […]