Today In History

March 5, 1966 — Two prominent Luray businessmen were seriously injured this week when they suffered severe falls. James C. “Click” Davis, president of Luray Fabric Care Center, is hospitalized at the University Hospital in […]

March 4, 1887 — The body of Abe Duncan, who was supposed to have been drowned in the river on Tuesday after January court, was found floating on the river last Thursday evening, about seven […]

March 3, 1911 — The week beginning July 17 has been fixed by the committee of arrangement for the return of all the sons and daughters of Page. All preliminary arrangements for the occasion are […]

March 2, 1889 — When the northbound passenger train on the S.V.R.R, last Friday night, was within a mile of Bentonville it came in collision with a flat car loaded with railroad bars, which had […]

March 1, 1992 — Patrolman G.R. Anderson III of Luray has been named 1991 Officer of the Year by the Luray Police Department, according to Police Chief Albert Judd. Anderson received a plaque last week […]

February 28, 1967 — The Page County Board of Supervisors Thursday of last week voted to place a $10 county license tag tax on motor vehicles to help finance the additional $100,000 requested for next […]