Today In History

May 8, 1986 — Shenandoah National Park officials kept looking at Tuesday’s bright blue sky and shaking their heads. They were hoping the few wisps of clouds would darken and produce a good downpour. But […]

May 7, 1987 — Where else could a British Royal Air Force expedition blend U.S. military history with rich, natural beauty? And canoe a famous river? And hike an equally famous mountain range? Thus, the […]

May 6, 1965 — A new recreational development in the Egypt Bend section of the county, west of the Shenandoah River, has been announced by George Bauserman. Titled the Egypt Bend Estates, the development is […]

May 5, 1887 — The Superintendent of the Poor Mr. John W. Phillips directs us to state that he has quite a number of children at the County Alms House for whom he would be […]

May 4, 1961 — Main Street in Luray will take on all the color and excitement of an oriental palace courtyard this Saturday, May 6, as nearly eight hundred members of Acca Temple, Ancient Arabic […]

May 3, 1962 — During the severe electrical storm Tuesday evening of this week, the large bank barn on the Mahlon Brubaker farm in the Massanutten section west of Luray was struck by lightning and […]