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Born on 28 Sep 1860. Died on 13 Apr 1949. Buried in Hambden, Ohio, USA.
Feb 22, 2013 · The legendary state representative from Dayton who, together with former Ohio House Speaker Vern Riffe, dominated Ohio's backroom politics for 22 years until his death in 1988. McLin was born on ...
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Educational & Musical Arts Inc. was created by Edith Deeds and Colonel Deeds to build Deeds Carillon.
Construction of Deeds Carillon was completed during a two-year period. Edith Walton Deeds oversaw the entire project from start-to-finish. At the time of completion, Deeds Carillon was one of only six free-standing carillon towers in the United States. It originally consisted of a 151.5 foot tower and 32 bells (23 active, 9 silent). On Easter Sunda...
On June 3, Carillon Park’s museum exhibits opened to the general public for the first time. The Park was developed by the Miami Conservancy District, with assistance from the National Cash Register Company, the City of Dayton, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), and the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Initial exhibits included: 1. Wright Ha...
In 1964, Newcom Tavern—Dayton’s oldest standing building—was disassembled at Van Cleve Park in downtown Dayton, moved to Carillon Park, and dedicated on May 1, 1965. Central to community life, the tavern also served as Dayton’s first jail, church, general store, and Montgomery County’s first courthouse.
In 1936, Orville Wright helped Henry Ford move the Wright brothers’ boyhood home (7 Hawthorn St.), and the bicycle shop where they conducted their aeronautical research (1127 W. Third St.), to Ford’s Greenfield Village museum in Dearborn, Michigan. During the 1960s, local politicians sought to have the famous buildings returned to Dayton, but the c...
On May 1, through the efforts of graduate Leslie C. Mapp, the 1896 Locust Grove Schoolhouse No. 12 was dedicated at Carillon Park. Mr. Mapp, Chairman and CEO of Dayton’s Mikesells Potato Chip Company from 1966-2005, believed that future generations would benefit from the preservation of this link to the past. Over 40 years later, tens of thousands ...
On April 29, the B&O Caboose, Bowling Green Station, and Watchtower were dedicated at Carillon Park.
The name of the organization was changed to Carillon Historical Park and the Carillon Park Rail and Steam Society began operations.
The original bells and celestron were removed from Deeds Carillon—new bells were manufactured by Petit & Fritsen Royal Bellfoundry in The Netherlands. On October 23, a dedication recital was held to celebrate the occasion.
The 1905 Wright Flyer III was designated a National Historic Landmark—the first airplane to receive such a distinction.
Dayton ( / ˈdeɪtən / ⓘ) is a city in and the county seat of Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. [4] A small part of the city extends into Greene County. [5] As of the 2020 census, the city proper had a population of 137,644, making it the sixth-most populous city in Ohio. It anchors the state's fourth-largest metropolitan area, the ...
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Oct 25, 2023 · Thomas Gnau, Dayton Daily News, Ohio. October 24, 2023 · 3 min read. Oct. 24—It wasn't until after the 1989 death of James Parsons, Jr., a Dayton metallurgist and inventor who will be...
Apr 10, 2017 · X. On April 2 members of Bethel Missionary Baptist Church gathered at Fitch and Dunbar streets, the church’s original location, and marched up the hill to 401 S. Paul Laurence Dunbar St., its ...
