Today In History

August 29, 1986 — Perched atop the Blue Ridge Mountains on the Skyline Drive, Skyland Lodge, famous for its fine food and warm accommodations, soon will celebrate its 100th birthday. Fifty years ago, Shenandoah National […]

August 28, 1911 — John Hilliards, of Ingham, this county, for years a Lane Bros. foreman, killed a man recently near Jackson, Ky., in a shooting affray between members of the contractors camp and the […]

August 27, 1887 — Mr. Thos. L. Menefee was in town on Monday with specimens of thoroughbred Wyandotte chickens, raised this spring. They were very large, and one hatched April 10 weighing five pounds and […]

August 26, 1961 — The great moment for an antique car restorer probably comes when he first finds the body — buried under a mound of chaff, broken tools and chicken droppings in some lonely outbuilding, […]

August 25, 1962 — A new rodeo arena has been completed at the Page Valley Fairgrounds at a cost of almost $5,000. Expense was borne by the Fair Association and Circle Seven Rodeo. Showings were held […]

August 24, 1889 — As had been expected almost daily for several weeks past, Hon.William Milnes died at his home in this county last Wednesday evening about 5 o’clock, and was buried with Masonic honors […]