Today In History

October 6, 1887 — The northbound evening No. 4 last Monday was derailed and badly damaged at Marksville Station. It appears that the switch had been left open by the southbound train, which had just […]

October 5, 1961 — The new $900,000 Page County High School, located midway between Shenandoah and Stanley on U.S. 340, will be dedicated Sunday, Oct. 8, at 2 p.m. with Dr. Woodrow W. Wilkerson, state […]

October 4, 1962 — The Luray High Bulldogs played their first home game of the 1962 football season last Friday night at the VFW Stadium and gave their best performance to date with a 19-6 […]

October 3, 1889 — The continued wet weather is keeping the farmers from seeding. There has been no seeding done in this community yet. The Lutherans held a communion meeting here yesterday. Our district school […]

October 2, 1890 — The violent death by his own hand of Lewis McHenry Weaver on last Thursday night at his home in this place was one of the most shocking tragedies that ever occurred […]

October 1, 1987 — Scotty beamed up quite a few fans in Luray this week. Actor James Doohan, the broguish engineer on television’s long-running “Star Trek” series and in the four movies it spawned, signed […]