On February 23, 1849, President-elect Zachary Taylor visited Frederick on his way to Washington for his inauguration. On February 23, 1937, dial telephone service arrived in Walkersville. It was operated from a new Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company facility on Frederick Street. On February 23, 1989, The Frederick Towne Mall on West Patrick Street's Golden Mile, was sold for $51 million, the largest single real estate transaction in Frederick County history to this date. The purchasers were the Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation and Equitable Real Estate John W. Ashbury (wasps65@earthlink.net)