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From: "John Ashbury" <>
Subject: History Moment - 9-15
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 06:33:52 -0400


On September 15, 1855, McKendree Riley Etchison, who would become the owner
of The Etchison Funeral Home established by his father in Jefferson in 1848,
was born. He died May 3, 1952, at 11 West Second Street in Frederick.


On September 15, 1860, the used Rodgers Fire Engine purchased by The
Independent Hose Company No. 1 from Baltimore City arrived and was tested on
the 17th. It threw a stream of water 184 feet.


On September 15, 1867, the first church of the Buckeystown Methodists was
dedicated.


On September 15, 1938, McCutcheon Cider Mill was founded by Robert
McCutcheon, his wife Helen, and William O. McCutcheon. The firm is now known
as McCutcheon Apple Products.


On September 15, 1986, John Vincent Atanasoff, the New Market area resident
credited as being the inventor of the computer, received the first Coors
American Ingenuity Award.




If anyone can add information to these History Moments,

or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day,

please contact me privately.


John W. Ashbury
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