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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z3M_sister-dorothy-stang-sndden-1931-2005_Dayton-OH.html
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Born on June 7, 1931 in Dayton to Edna and Henry Stang, Dorothy Mae was the fourth of nine children. She attended Julienne High School and entered religious life with the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in 1948. She professed final vows in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YBM_charity-adams-earley_Dayton-OH.html
In 1942, Charity Adams Earley (1918- 2002) became the first
African American woman to receive a commission in what became
the Women's Army Corps (WACs). She rose through the ranks to
command the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion in Euro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XNB_josephine-and-hermene-schwarz-historical_Dayton-OH.html
Dayton natives Hermene (1902-1986) and Josephine Schwarz (1908-2004) were pioneers of dance who founded one of the first regional ballet companies in the country. In 1927, the opened the Schwarz School of Dance, which eventually became the Dayton …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XMP_stewart-street-concrete-arch-bridge-historical_Dayton-OH.html
Always known as the Stewart Street Bridge, the seven span reinforced concrete steel arch bridge carried Stewart Street over the Great Miami River for most of the twentieth century. Built using the Melan System, an invention patented in 1893 that u…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WWZ_the-wright-seaplane-base-wright-model-g-aeroboat-historical_Dayton-OH.html
The Wright Seaplane Base
After Wilbur Wright died in 1912, Orville Wright continued to develop and fly airplanes for the Wright Company. Orville flew seaplanes along this part of the Great Miami River from 1913 to 1914. This area had three adva…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U0J_mormon-migration-kirkland-camp-facts-about-kirkland-camp-historical_Dayton-OH.html
Mormon Migration, Kirkland Camp On July 28, 1838, the first and largest company of Mormon pioneers to migrate west camped along the Mad River near this site. Known as Kirtland Camp, the 515 members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TZ9_huffman-dam-historical_Dayton-OH.html
Huffman
one of five dams
built by the Miami
Conservancy District
for flood control
in the Miami Valley
completed 1922
height 73 ft. length 3300 ft.
width at base 380
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T8O_daytons-first-church-bell-historical_Dayton-OH.html
Cast in Cincinnati in 1846,
this 1,600 pound bell was taken from the
First Presbyterian Church building
which stood at the northwest corner of
Second and Ludlow Streets. It was
dedicated December 1, 1974
at special ceremonies commemorating
…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T7I_victoria-theater-historical_Dayton-OH.html
Victoria Theater
built in 1866
listed in the
National Registry of Historic Places
by the
United States Department of Interior
this plaque placed
in honor of the Community Leadership
supporting the 1990 renovation
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T6K_roman-column-historical_Dayton-OH.html
Here stands a replica of a 2000
year old Roman column given by
Dayton's sister city, Augsburg
Germany in honor of the 200
birthday of the United States.
In exchange, a statue fountain
was presented to Augsburg and
erected October, 1979, for…