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In addition to building a factory in Moraine, Ohio, Deeds built an airfield on property he owned in Moraine for use by the company. Deeds was also interested in building a public aviation field along the Great Miami River approximately one mile (1.6 km) north of downtown Dayton, purchasing the property in March 1917. He called it North Field to ...
Dayton History [1] is an organization located in Dayton, Ohio, USA, formed in 2005 by the merger of the Montgomery County Historical Society (originally the Dayton Historical Society) and Dayton's Carillon Historical Park. The private non-profit (501c3) organization was established to acknowledge the history of Dayton, Ohio.
Dayton was founded on April 1, 1796, by 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.
Pages in category "History of Dayton, Ohio" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
World War I transfers of land that later became WPAFB include 2,075-acre (8.40 km 2) (including the Huffman Prairie Flying Field) along the Mad River leased to the Army by the Miami Conservancy District, the adjacent 40 acres (160,000 m 2) purchased by the Army from the District for the Fairfield Aviation General Supply Depot, and a 254-acre (1 ...
Ohio played a major role in World War II, especially in providing manpower, food, and munitions to the Allied cause. Ohio manufactured 8.4 percent of total United States military armaments produced during World War II, ranking fourth among the 48 states. [121]
George Walther was born on August 13, 1876, in the industrial German city of Steinbach-Michelstadt, in the Grand Duchy of Hesse, in the German Empire.The two cities, separated only by a railroad, were small: Michelstadt was the larger, with 1,500 people, and Steinbach, home of the Walthers, had 700 residents.
April 1, 1975 : 2301 W. River Rd. [6: Also known as SunWatch Indian Village 54: Independent Order of Oddfellows, Dayton Lodge No. 273: Independent Order of Oddfellows, Dayton Lodge No. 273: October 25, 1984 : 8 LaBelle St.