YESTERYEAR STORIES: Luray's "Whosoever Farm" - Part I
The following article is from The Natrona County Tribune (Casper, Wyoming), dated September 15. 1897.
A Quiet Home Where They Are Sheltered and Educated — Rev. Dr. Wharton’s ‘Whosoever Home and School’ — A Magnificent Charity
The far-famed vale of Chamouny is not more lovely and picturesque than the charming little Page Valley, which lies between the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Massanutton [sic] and forms a part of the great Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.
In the heart of this beautiful region lies Luray, a village of three thousand inhabitants. Two miles to the westward flows the bright sparkling river which the Indians named Shenandoah, “the daughter of the stars.”