Dayton, Ohio, USA
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Where is Dayton, Ohio, USA? Dayton is the county seat of Montgomery County.
Dayton was founded on April 1, 1796, by a group of 12 settlers known as "The Thompson Party." They traveled in March from Cincinnati up the Great Miami River by pirogue and landed at what is now St. Clair Street, where they found two small camps of Native Americans.Wikipedia
Dayton, Ohio, USA
Kid Gloves Cost Money
Hudson Rubber Company, Dayton, Ohio
Ladies' Home Journal
September 1898
Dayton, Ohio, USA
Webster Street Engine House
Dayton, Ohio, USA
The Rike-Kumler Co. and Miami Hotel, Dayton, Ohio.
Dayton, Ohio, USA
St. Elizabeth Hospital, Dayton, Ohio.
History / News
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1854 - TORNADO AT DAYTON - BUILDING BLOWN DOWN - MAN KILLED BY LIGHTNING - CORNFIELDS PROSTRATED.On Saturday a heavy storm of wind and rain passed over Dayton, doing considerable damage in the way ...Read MORE...
1869 - Killed by StoneA son of John Cupp, of Dayton, Ohio, aged about 13, was instantly killed the other day in that...Read MORE...
1878 - James Ritty of Dayton developed the first cash register.
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1879 - November 4 - James Ritty patents 1st cash register, to combat stealing by bartenders in his Dayton, Ohio saloonhistoryorb.com
November 4, 1879
1898 - FOUGHT THE FLAMES FOR HOURS.Twenty Thousand Dollars’ Worth of Property Destroyed in Dayton.
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1903 - The Wright Brothers, a pair of bicycle shop owners from Dayton, became the first in flight
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1910 - November 7 - The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright Brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.
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1913 - March 26 - Dayton, Ohio almost destroyed when Scioto, Miami, & Muskingum River reach flood stage simultaneously
The Ohio River Basin flood reached a peak. Ten inch rains over a wide area of the Ohio River Basin...Read MORE...
The Ohio River Basin flood reached a peak. Ten inch rains over a wide area of the Ohio River Basin...Read MORE...
1916
Dayton, a city, capital of Montgomery co., Ohio, is situated on the left or E. bank of the Great...Read MORE...
Dayton, a city, capital of Montgomery co., Ohio, is situated on the left or E. bank of the Great...Read MORE...
April 19, 1919: Leslie Irvin made the first free-fall parachute jump, Dayton, Ohio
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1934 - August 19 - The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.historyorb.com
August 19, 1934
1936 - OUT FOR FUN, 6 MEET DEATH. KILLED BEYOND CRASHED GATE OF RAIL CROSSING.
Dayton, O., Oct. 19. (AP) - Six persons, out for an evening of merry-making, met death beyond the...Read MORE...
Dayton, O., Oct. 19. (AP) - Six persons, out for an evening of merry-making, met death beyond the...Read MORE...
1945 - OFFICER IS KILLED AT AVIATION SHOW. ARMY PILOTED EXPERIMENTAL PLANE CRASHES ON CIVILIAN AUTO.Dayton, Ohio, May 27 (AP) - Capt. WILLIAM GLASGOW of Niagara Falls, N.Y., a veteran of 80 combat...Read MORE...
Ancestors Who Were Born Here
 
Clara BUCHNER
(1865, Dayton, Ohio, USA - 2 August 1907, Tucson, Arizona, USA)
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Frank Elmo FOX
(18 October 1860, Dayton, Ohio, USA - 30 November 1932, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA)
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George Otto WIRSCHING
(10 March 1853, Dayton, Ohio, USA - 22 March 1926, Hollywood, Florida, USA)
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Ancestors Who Died Here
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Willis CORY
(1832, - 20 October 1871, Dayton, Ohio, USA)
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Charles Clifford "Kipp" FEIGE
(4 July 1908, Webster, Massachusetts, USA - 6 July 1983, Dayton, Ohio, USA)
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William Gribben S. FOX
(1866, Hancock, Ohio, USA - 6 July 1887, Dayton, Ohio, USA)
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James HOFFORD
(1817, Hososic Falls, New York, USA - 12 March 1886, Dayton, Ohio, USA)
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William O. MCCONKEY
(1849, Wms. Co., Ohio, USA - 8 July 1878, Dayton, Ohio, USA)
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Asa Acey REED
(1835, Ripley, Ohio, USA - 11/22/1915, Dayton, Ohio, USA)
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Edwin ROBBINS
(1849, Taylor Tp., Ohio, USA - 11 October 1883, Dayton, Ohio, USA)
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Crespin SICK
(11/11/1816, , Prussia (Germany) - 7/26/1894, Dayton, Ohio, USA)
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Cemeteries in Dayton, Ohio, USA
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