August 9, 1908 — We visited the bustling town of Shenandoah last week and found everybody as busy as bees.
The bridge over the Shenandoah River at this place, connecting Page and Rockingham, will be completed by the first of September. This will be of untold advantage to Shenandoah City as well as Rockingham County.
The handsome Y.M.C.A. building has been completed since our last visit to Shenandoah, together with a number of other buildings.
Mr. John Lucas has built a nice house on the site of the one destroyed by fire a few years ago.
Mr. George Harris is erecting one of the largest hotels ever in the town — four stories high, and will contain 60 rooms. The house is to be known as the “Eagle Hotel.”
The people are divided on the question of “saloon or no saloon.” The “wet” people claim that the town is losing trade, while the “dry” people say the town was never more prosperous, and so it goes. One man informed your correspondent that 15 years ago there were six saloons and one church, and now there are six churches and not one saloon.
We visited the Shenandoah Cannery and found them busy canning beans. There are some 40 boys and girls employed at present. We are confident that when the Luray plant gets in working order all will be well.
Another new industry at Shenandoah is the ice plant, owned by Mr. W.M. Long. The product of the plant is as clear as crystal, and as cold as the “real thing” itself.
~ From the public archives of the Page News and Courier
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