On June 10, 1748, Governor Samuel Ogle signed the law separating Frederick County from Prince George's County. The effective date was December 10, 1748. The new county included present day Montgomery, Washington, Allegheny and Garret counties as well as Frederick County. On June 10, 1762, Richard Crosby, alias Deck, was hanged for the murder of Uriah Mort on April 22, 1762. On June 10, 1872, Ephriam Jeems and Henry Garrison engaged in a fight on a horse drawn cart as it traveled down Market Street from 7th Street to the Square Corner in Frederick. Police arrested both men and Garrison was later fined $10. On June 10, 1982, Arthur Hart Etchison, who operated M. R. Etchison and Son Funeral Home with his father McKendree Riley Etchison until his father's death on May 3, 1952, and then alone until August 2, 1971, died. He lived at 17 West Second Street. He was born April 4, 1899. On June 10, 1991, the owners of The Valley Register, which had been published in Middletown for 146 years, announced they were ceasing publication. 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 (wasps65@earthlink.net)