Today In History

September 5, 1889 — An altercation occurred last Sunday morning between 12 and 1 o’clock at the home of Will Aleshire in Pine Grove Hollow between “Babe” Southard and James Gray, in which Gray was […]

September 4, 1986 — Luray High received 13 points from junior point guard Sarah Getz and 10 from junior forward Donna McGrady and breezed to a 46-32 girls basketball victory over visiting Rappahannock Tuesday night. […]

September 3, 1987 — Luray’s Lake Arrowhead facility gained a little over $3,000 in operations in its first summer, according to Town Manager Jerry Schiro. An estimated 500-600 people a day flocked to the facility […]

September 2, 1965 — The Luray Colonials climaxed a great season for 1965 in the Shenandoah Valley Baseball League by defeating the New Market Rebels, 4-1, Sunday night at New Market in the seventh and […]

September 1, 1911 — The Luray team, victors in last year’s contest, lost the state reel race at the meeting of the Virginia Firemen’s Association at Newport News last week, after crossing the line in […]

August 31, 1961 — This native sandstone block, which measures 17×20-1/2 inches in section and some 58 inches high, stood at the corner of Main and Court streets at the Chamber of Commerce building for […]