by 6sg439hgjhs | Dec 4, 2022
Deputy Aldine Painter confiscating a moonshine still in Jollett / Weaver Hollow.
by 6sg439hgjhs | Dec 4, 2022
“Sheriff John William Ruffner was defeated by J. Abram Brubacker, Republican of the Massanutten section, by a plurality of 825 votes. Former Sheriff Ed L. Lucas trailed Ruffner by 72 votes.” Abe Brubaker is the longest running Sheriff of Page...
by 6sg439hgjhs | Dec 4, 2022
Born April 1, 1874, died August 15, 1958, Ruffner wins election to become Page County’s 22nd Sheriff on November 5, 1935. Pictured above is downtown Luray at the corner of East Main Street and Highway 340. Photo was taken in the early 1940s. The coffee shop...
by 6sg439hgjhs | Dec 4, 2022
Shenandoah Park supporters are near their goal of acquiring a contiguous tract of land but are frustrated by landowners who won’t sell and squatters who refuse to move. Virginia Governor Harry Byrd and Virginia State Commission on Conservation and Development...
by 6sg439hgjhs | Dec 4, 2022
The front page of The Page Courier, dated November 14, 1907, shows Nathan Sedwick winning his election for Sheriff of Page County (4th column from left). Note the price for a subscription to the newspaper is $1 per year.
