Today In History

October 29, 1890 — A large crowed of animated buyers assembled at Stanley on the 21st and 22nd inst., to attend the first sale of lots by the Stanley Furnace and Land Company. The company […]

October 28, 1965 — Monday night seemed to be “break-in night” in Shenandoah when four break-ins were reported. The Shenandoah News Stand was entered and a transistor radio, cigarettes, lighters and candy were taken. As […]

October 27, 1887 — Mr. Isaac S. Comer, son of Geo. H. Comer, Esq., who lives on the Hawksbill, near Stony Man, inflicted a painful wound on the forefinger of his left hand one day last […]

October 26, 1990 — To say that the poultry industry is growing rapidly in Page County is a definite understatement. Some 70,000 birds are killed daily at Rockingham Poultry Inc. at Alma, which is in […]

October 25, 1990 — Luray and Stanley are appealing the preliminary 1990 population count made by the U.S. Bureau of the Census, while Page County and the Town of Shenandoah appear content with the figures. […]

October 24, 1986 — When most of Page County is sound asleep, Mahlon Horst and his wife, Leah, are busy turning pounds of dough into dozens of doughnuts. Horst, a Stanley resident, is the Doughnut […]