Day in History Highlights for 1957 1844 1991 2005
Key historical moments include Hurricane Audrey devastating coastal Louisiana and Texas in 1957 with up to 600 deaths, the 1844 Carthage killings of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, Thurgood Marshall's retirement in 1991, and Dennis Rader's 2005 murder pleas in Wichita.
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Audrey
Louisiana
Texas
Joseph Smith
Hyrum
Carthage
Illinois
U.S. Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
Bik
Dennis Rader
Wichita
Kansas
Daily News-Record publication and address notice
The Daily News-Record notes its weekday publication schedule Monday through Friday excluding federal holidays and provides the mailing address at 231 South Liberty Street Suite 101 Harrisonburg Virginia 22801 and the post office procedures for address changes.
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Daily News-Record
South Liberty Street
Harrisonburg
Subscriptions and Advertising Contact Details
Circulation department hours 7 am to 4 pm call 540-574-6240 or email circulation dnronline.com Advertising department lines and emails listed for classified 540-574-6210 7 am to 4 pm and display 540-574-6220 8 am to 5 pm News department 8 am to 5 pm 540-574-6280 newsroom dnronline.com General information line 540-574-6200 Subscriptions are non-refundable.
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Dnronline
General Information
Exhibit uncovers local botanist Lena Artz history
Fort Valley Museum adds a research driven exhibit on Lena Artz a Woodstock born botanist and educator whose Virginia West Virginia fieldwork and Massanutten focus shaped early Shenandoah Valley botany. Andrea Weeks GMU associate professor and community collaborators trace Artz life from 1891 to 1976 through notebooks scrapbooks and rare correspondence.
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Fort Valley
Lena Artz
Shenandoah Valley
Andrea Weeks
George Mason University
Artz
Laurel Ridge Community College
GMU
Weeks
Shenandoah
Rockingham Counties
Woodstock
College of William & Mary
George Washington University
Virginia
West Virginia
Massanutten Mountains
Smithsonian
Trail Club
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Fort Valley Museum
Massanutten
Massanutten Military School
Rockingham
Researchers revive little known scholar Artz in Flora of Virginia
Weeks strives to place Artz back on the map after writing over 40 papers yet nearly fading from history. She belongs in Flora of Virginia and the pages of history, as researchers seek to answer why she forged ahead to college and graduate school. Weeks notes big mysteries remain about her choices and inspirations as she was ahead of her time. Contact Ashley Miller at amiller nvdaily.com.
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Artz
Elizabeth Furnace
Potomac Appalachian
Weeks
Trinity Church
Fort Valley
Washington-Lee High School
Arlington
Massanuttens
Jett
Virginia
Fort Valley Museum Open Weekends Through October
The Fort Valley Museum at 8631 Fort Valley Road near Dry Run roads offers public visiting hours from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturdays and 2 to 5 p.m. Sundays through October. Online information is available at fortvalleymuseum.org.
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Fort Valley
Dry Run
Shenandoah National Park to switch to cashless fees
Shenandoah National Park will move to a fully cashless fee system starting July 1, accepting only mobile or electronic payments for entrance and campground fees. Visitors can also use recreation.gov to pay, while park bookstores, lodging, and eateries will still take cash. Park officials cite efficiency and security benefits, noting only about 10 percent paid in cash in person this year, with cash options remaining at select locations for those who need them.
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Shenandoah National Park
Recreation
Gov
Adams
Nps.gov
Shen
Swift Run
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Harvard
University of North Carolina
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Lena
Morrison Studio
Ashley Miller
Amiller
Fortvalleymuseum.org
National Park
Carly Adas
Ams
Zack Farr
Zfurr
Pagenewspaper
Mary O’neill
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