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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM232T_dayton-wright-airplane-factory_Moraine-OH.html
As part of the newly formed Moraine Development Company owned by Adam Schantz, Colonel Edward Deeds and Charles Kettering, the Dayton-Wright Airplane Factory was completed in 1917. Much experimental work in the history of flight was performed in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM232S_moraine-field_Moraine-OH.html
Established in 1926, was Dayton's first Municipal Airport located 100 yards northeast of this marker. Trained by the Wright Brothers, Bernard Whelan joined Howard Rinehart as test pilots at the Dayton Wright Airplane Company. In 1923 they formed t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM231Q_historic-blanchard-avenue_Moraine-OH.html
In 1917 fourteen residences were built on Edison Avenue (now Blanchard.) Gas lines were installed, the street paved and sidewalks, curbing and gutters provided. The houses were occupied by workers at Dayton Wright Airplane Factory and adjoining …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM231P_delco-light-and-frigidaire_Moraine-OH.html
Two of the owners of the Moraine Develop Company, Charles Kettering and Colonel Edward Deeds were responsible for rapid changes in the course of history. They formed the Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company (Delco) and experimented with star…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22X6_victory-oak-knoll-hill-memorial-a-war-memorial_Kettering-OH.html
"In a righteous cause they have won immortal glory and have nobly served their nation in serving mankind." Woodrow Wilson 1918 "This tablet erected by the City of Dayton from funds furnished by the Home Guards to the memory o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22WT_viet-nam-veterans-memorial-a-war-memorial_Dayton-OH.html
The land for this memorial was donated by the City of Dayton and its people in respect and tribute to the Viet Nam Veteran. "This is a living memorial...today is a celebration of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. No statues of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22V4_the-93rd-regiment-a-war-memorial_Dayton-OH.html
The 98th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry was encamped near this point on the old Patterson farm and mustered into the service of the United States August 20th 1862 with 968 men. Left for the front August 23rd 1862. Mustered out at Nashvil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22FZ_united-theological-seminary_Dayton-OH.html
The Church of the United Brethren in Christ first opened United Theological Seminary in 1871 on Dayton's West Side. The school changed its name in 1909 to Bonebrake Seminary in honor of six pioneer ministers. The union of the United Brethren …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22FX_lincoln-takes-a-stand_Dayton-OH.html
Abraham Lincoln spoke at this court house on September 17, 1859. He stopped here between speeches in Columbus and Cincinnati at the invitation of his friend, Dayton lawyer Robert C. Schenck. They had met while both were members of Congress. The…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2005_miamisburg-mound_Miamisburg-OH.html
This is the highest and largest of the many conical burial mounds in Ohio. Erected in prehistoric times by the so-called Mound Builders. It stands as an imposing memorial to those first Ohioans. The mound is 70 feet in height; 877 feet in circumf…
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