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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.
An original lock of the Miami and Erie Canal is located on the grounds, as is a canal toll office. The transportation center vehicles include the John Quincy Adams steam locomotive (built in 1835 by the B&O Railroad and is the oldest US-built locomotive that still exists), [5] a Barney and Smith passenger car built in Dayton, a Conestoga wagon, a 1908 Stoddard-Dayton automobile, a 1915 Xenia ...
In 1896, a group of citizens gathered at the Old Court House in Dayton, Ohio to create an organization dedicated to collecting and preserving the history of the Miami Valley. Their goal was to celebrate the city's centennial by saving and converting Newcom's Tavern, Dayton's oldest building (ca. 1796), into the community's first history museum ...
On June 3, the Dayton Daily News will introduce a new weekly newsletter looking back into the colorful, twisting and hidden history of our city. We'll dig deep into our archives to deliver a new ...
The Engineers Club of Dayton was founded by Colonel Edward A. Deeds and Charles F. Kettering in Dayton, Ohio in 1914. The club's building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the history of the club involves notable Daytonians and historical figures such as Orville Wright.
For the better part of a quarter century, the road to the Final Four has begun in Dayton. The same is true this year, when the 2024 NCAA Tournament tips off with the First Four. Eight teams from ...
Dayton Fire Station No. 14: September 27, 1980 : 1422 N. Main St. 22: Dayton Motor Car Company Historic District: Dayton Motor Car Company Historic District: May 31, 1984 : 15, 101, 123-5 Bainbridge; 9-111 and 122-124 McDonough
The 1992 Dayton Christmas murders were a series of murders committed by a four-member juvenile gang "Downtown Posse" during a three-day period around Christmas Day of 1992 in Dayton, Ohio, United States.