Today In History

October 19, 1961 — According to an Associated Press dispatch from Roanoke, the Miss Virginia crown which has been missing since last week has been located at Shenandoah on a deer head trophy. The crown […]

October 18, 1962 — A huge walnut tree, said by Frank Kiblinger to be the largest ever taken from Page County, was felled this week on the Lawrence Foltz land and transported to a shipping […]

October 17, 1889 — About 8 o’clock last Sunday morning the Masonic Hall was discovered to be on fire, and the alarm being given, by prompt action of the large crowd that soon responded, the […]

October 16, 1890 — Constable J.M. Coffman, of Rockingham County, arrested at Elkton last Monday Walter Willis, the boy who broke jail in Luray several weeks ago. Willis had been lodged in jail here charged […]

October 15, 1964 — The Luray Chamber of Commerce, anticipating the usual heavy tourist traffic over the next two weekends, is compiling a list of private homes which have bedroom accommodations they will rent after […]

October 14, 1965 — Harry Price Jr. and Bennie Cubbage of Luray High School are attending the National Future Farmers of America 38th annual convention being held this week in Kansas City, Missouri. Bennie and […]