Today In History

June 28, 1990 — Luray High School pitcher Jason Jenkins is negotiating uncharted territory once again this summer. The rising senior, who moved from Senior League to American Legion baseball last summer, has joined the […]

June 27, 1962 — Mrs. W.E. Hisey and H.C. Hisey Sr. have sold their drug store in Shenandoah to Dr. C.E. and Mrs. Jean Bodell as of June 1, 1962. Mrs. Bodell will be pharmacist […]

June 26, 1889 — The Tannery is to be still further enlarged by the erection of an additional leach house; two more large boilers are to be put in, and another smoke stack, same size […]

June 25, 1889 — The delay in opening the new road down the Hawksbill from the forks of the road at the south edge of Mr. Hudson’s farm to Buracker’s corner is one of the […]

June 24, 1986 — A Page County boating access site will be named in honor of R.W. “Skip” Inskeep, a game warden for 25 years who died Nov. 9. Bixler’s Ferry will be renamed after […]

June 23, 1986 — The 25th anniversary of the Luray Ruritan Horse Show proved to be the largest and one of the most successful, according to secretary Junior Ray Miller. Unlike last year, the weather […]