Today In History

April 3, 1890 — Last Thursday evening as Joseph and Isaac Rothgeb, sons of Mr. Frank Rothgeb, were returning from Sperryville, where they had been to take a load of lime, their team ran off, […]

April 2, 1964 — The Miller-Campbell- Baker Post 22, American Legion, celebrated its 45th anniversary Thursday evening of last week with appropriate exercises at the Legion home. It was also the 45th anniversary of the […]

April 1, 1965 — Announcement was made on Tuesday of this week that Luray is to have a new industry in the form of the Vandermark Glass Works, culminating many months of effort and negotiation […]

March 31, 1887 — From parties who have visited it, we hear there are evident traces of an extensive Indian camping ground west of the Shenandoah River near the residence of Mr. Jos. T. Strickler. […]

March 30, 1989 — A few structures and a lot of open space currently exists on 22.9 acres of land the Town of Luray purchased late last summer. But somewhere down the road, the Sixth […]

March 29, 1990 — Garland Freeze’s dream epitomizes the adage that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. To Freeze, the old mill silos in Shenandoah are a landmark that need to be preserved. The […]