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From: "John Ashbury" <>
Subject: [MDFR] History Moment - 2-7-07
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 05:10:51 -0500

On February 7, 1786, is the date on the plat by Joseph Wood laying out the
town he called Woodsberry, now Woodsboro. The 40 acres were divided into 80
lots, 247 feet x 66 feet. Frederick, Second and Third streets were 33 feet
wide and ran north and south. There were two alley


On February 7, 1850, the first lamp lighting from Isabella Gas Works was
conducted in Frederick.


On February 7, 1921, Sgt. Lewis F. Carter, of The Frederick City Police
Department, died of heart failure in the Frederick County Courthouse while
performing his regular duties. He was 64 and had lived at 111 Third Street.
He was buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.


On February 7, 1963, Lee McCardell, a Frederick native, and reporter,
editor, foreign correspondent and feature writer for The Sun of Baltimore,
died. He was born in Frederick on June 8, 1901. He also wrote a biography of
British General Edward Braddock. He was a first cousin of fashion designer
Claire McCardell.


On February 7, 1975, in an interview published in the Frederick News-Post,
Frederick Mayor Ronald N. Young said he was "not considering running for a
second term." He left office in January 1990, at the end of his fourth term.




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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