Today In History

September 23, 1965 — Local residents and weekend visitors had a first-hand opportunity to see what automobiles looked like in the “good old days” when more than 100 antique and classic cars spent Saturday night […]

September 22, 1887 — A serious difficulty occurred at Marksville, this county, last Monday evening, between Brad Cliff and Roy Alger. The Courier gathers the following particulars of the unfortunate affair from a gentleman from […]

September 21, 1961 — The dense nature of undergrowth and trees in the Kite Hollow area drained by the East Hawksbill is indicated by the length of time it took searching parties to locate the […]

September 20, 1962 — James Gander, 40, son of Mrs. Blanche Shaffer Gander and the late Lester H. Gander and a prominent Page County Republican, was named by Judge Hamilton Haas, of the Circuit Court, […]

September 19, 1889 — Two freight trains on the Shenandoah Valley Railroad came in collision at Buena Vista station, last Thursday, making a bad wreck of two engines and a number of cars, killing instantly […]

September 18, 1986 — Page County Extension Agent Arlis Frymyer noted that 3,500 to 4,000 bales of hay were shipped as a goodwill gesture from New York farmers through the Virginia Drought Emergency Program. Some […]