Today In History

March 3, 1887 — The body of Abe Duncan, who was supposed to have been drowned in the river on Tuesday after January court, was found floating on the river last Thursday evening, about seven […]

March 2, 1961 — A high wind, estimated at 60 miles an hour, did considerable damage in this area Saturday of last week. Trees were up- rooted, roofs and buildings damaged and numerous television antennas […]

March 1, 1962 — Miss Beverley McCoy, beautiful brunette and first runner-up in the 1961 Miss Ruritan contest, was chosen as Miss Ruritan for 1962 last Saturday evening at Page County High School. Miss McCoy, […]

February 28, 1991 — Luray firefighters battled a blaze Feb. 20 at a butcher shop and storage building on Va. 655 east of Luray belonging to Charles Atkins. The blaze occurred around 3:25 a.m., according […]

• FEBRUARY 28, 1889 — When the northbound passenger train on the S.V.R.R, last Friday night, was within a mile of Bentonville it came in collision with a flat car loaded with railroad bars, which […]

• FEBRUARY 27, 1986 — Page County gasoline buyers have a welcome sign awaiting them at filling stations: signs proclaiming reduced prices. Prices tumbled — in some places to less than a dollar a gallon […]