Today In History

April 4, 1965 — The Page County School Board has announced the appointment of Stafford Martin Haga as superintendent of schools, succeeding J.K. Samples, who has been appointed superintendent of schools in Hanover County effective […]

April 3, 1887 — After a thorough and rigid examination of two days duration, the school at Alma closed last Friday, with the awarding of the grammar prize to Ada F. Seekford, the dictionary prize […]

April 2, 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. […]

April 1, 1990 — The ribbon was cut last week and the Page County Board of Supervisors officially opened its recycling and trash compacting collection station at Springfield. The main items for collection at the […]

March 31, 1890 — The green house at the Inn in this place was destroyed by fire last Monday morning about 2 o’clock. The fire caught from the furnace, but was not discovered by the […]

March 30, 1987 — A photograph of Parks Barber Shop, located on the corner of West Main and Bank streets in Luray, and its owner and barber James E. Parks, is among the photographs on […]