Today In History

May 20, 1965 — A 16-year-old boy luckily escaped injury in Luray at 11:05 Tuesday morning of this week when his bicycle ran into the side of a moving Norfolk and Western locomotive at the […]

May 19, 1887 — Mr. Thos. L. Menifee, of Rileyville, is one of the most successful horse raisers in the county. His horses, too, always look as sleek and fat as moles, and never fail […]

May 18, 1989 — The Town of Stanley will soon become the new owner of the Hawksbill Recreation Center. Last Wednesday night, the town council voted to lease the center with an option to buy […]

May 17, 1962 — The Esso Standard Oil Company this week awarded the Page Esso Servicenter in Luray first place for having the neatest and cleanest premises among the 12 stations in this district. Receiving […]

May 16, 1889 — The Luray Female Seminary of this place, encouraged beyond its most sanguine expectations, determined to increase its capital stock to $10,000, the sum necessary to enlarge the buildings and to buy […]

May 15, 1986 — The Winchester-based O’Sullivan Corporation announced plans Monday to produce plastic automotive parts at a manufacturing plant in Luray. County Administrator Ronald Good read the announcement at the Page County Board of […]