Today In History

September 14, 1890 — A syndicate of our townsmen, composed of Messrs. Walter Campbell, D.F. Kagey, Judge A.J. Brand, Wm. L. Hudson, S.J. Richey, L.H. Keller, C.T. Holtzman, and S.A. Walton, have purchased from the […]

September 13, 1987 — Four firemen from Stanley’s Volunteer Fire Department were flown west to assist with combating the fires which have ravaged thousands of acres of forest land, according to Fire Chief Terry Pettit. […]

September 12, 1965 — The Page Cooperative Farm Bureau will have the very latest “push button” feed mill when the project is finished about Dec. 1, weather permitting. This was the statement this week of […]

September 11, 1989 — “Forty-two years of full-time employment with the same company — few people can claim that kind of dedication to an employer and to the community in which they live.” That was […]

September 10, 1961 — Just after midnight Sunday morning the fire alarm sounded for a fire at the old unused ice factory in Shenandoah. The factory which was about 75 feet across the N&W Railroad […]

September 9, 1990 — Del I. Clinton Miller of Woodstock spoke during dedication ceremonies for a restored Norfolk and Western cabin car at Stevens Cottage in Shenandoah Monday. The event, which included a Virginia Museum […]