Montgomery
(B) Mad River Road / Road from Cunningham’s to Mad River
The first overland route between Dayton and Cincinnati was cut by Daniel Cooper in 1795 to provide access to the new town of Dayton,...
Brigadier General Edmund Munger
Centerville, OH
Edmund Munger was born in 1763 in Norfolk, Connecticut, and later moved to Vermont.
Cassano’s Pizza King
Kettering, OH
Kettering grocer Victor “Vic” Cassano, Sr. (1922-2002) and his mother-in-law Caroline “Mom” Donisi (1893-1987) opened what became...
Charity Adams Earley
Shiloh, OH
In 1942, Charity Adams Earley (1918-2002) became the first African American woman to receive a commission in what became the Women’s Army...
Charles F. Kettering
Dayton, OH
Charles F. “Boss” Kettering was a prolific inventor.
Dayton Masonic Temple
Dayton, OH
The first Masonic Lodge in Dayton was founded in 1808, located in the first Montgomery County Courthouse.
Dayton VA Medical Center
Dayton, OH
The Dayton Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center was established by Congressional legislation signed by President Abraham Lincoln on March...
Dayton Woman’s Club
Dayton, OH
Dayton Woman’s Club.
Erma Bombeck
Dayton, OH
Erma Fiste was born in Dayton on February 21, 1927.
Euclid Avenue United Brethren Church / Mount Enon Missionary Baptist Church
Dayton, OH
The Euclid Avenue United Brethren Church, later the Mount Enon Missionary Baptist Church, was erected at Third & Euclid Street in Dayton.
First Baptist Church of Dayton Bicentennial
Dayton, OH
First Baptist Church of Dayton organized on May 29, 1824.
Germantown Covered Bridge
Germantown, OH
Restored in 1963, the Germantown Covered Bridge on East Center Street, spanning Little Twin Creek, was 93 years old and is reputed to be...
Henderson’s Printing
Dayton, OH
Known by the trade name henderSon’s printing, the business was a mainstay of Dayton’s African American community for almost 60 years and...
Heritage Village
Miamisburg, OH
On this site Daniel Gebhart established a tavern in 1811.
Josephine and Hermene Schwarz
Dayton, OH
Dayton natives Hermene (1902-1986) and Josephine Schwarz (1908-2004) were pioneers of dance who founded one of the first regional ballet...
Katharine Kennedy Brown
Dayton, OH
Katharine Kennedy Brown (1891-1986), born in Dayton, was a leading figure in local, state, and national Republican politics.
Lewis & Elizabeth Kemp Homestead
Riverside, OH
Lewis and Elizabeth (Lyons) Kemp were settlers of what became Mad River Township.
Mc Cook Field Cradle of Aviation Innovation / Mc Cook Field Cradle of Aviation Innovation Ca. 1917
Dayton, OH
Interest in the new field of aeronautics grew dramatically when the United States entered the World War I in 1917.
Miamisburg in the Great Flood of 1913
Miamisburg, OH
In late March 1913, a series of three severe rainstorms inundated the already saturated and frozen ground of the Miami Valley, causing...
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Dayton, OH
Born on June 27, 1872 in Dayton to former slaves Joshua and Matilda Dunbar, Paul Laurence Dunbar developed a love of stories during his...
Sister Dorothy Stang SN Dde N (1931-2005)
Dayton, OH
Born on June 7, 1931 in Dayton to Edna and Henry Stang, Dorothy Mae was the fourth of nine children.
Site of First Game in the NFL
Dayton, OH
On October 3, 1920 the first game matching two professional teams of the American Professional Football Association, a league that would...
Site of Mound Laboratory (1946-2003)
Miamisburg, OH
The facilities once here propelled the United States through the Nuclear and Space Ages and were named for the nearby pre-historic...
Slifers Presbyterian Church
Slifers Presbyterian Church is on land deeded to the local faith community by Philip and Elizabeth Slifer on December 2, 1816.
St. Paul Lutheran Church Dog Leg Road, Dayton
On July 30, 1816, the year before the establishment of Butler Township, a group of farmers of German background founded The Stillwater...
The Birth of Aviation
Dayton, OH
In 1899, Wilbur and Orville Wright of Dayton built a kite to test a revolutionary flight control system, and in 1900, built their first...
The Dayton Art Institute Centennial
Dayton, OH
The Dayton Art Institute, one of the region’s premier fine arts museums, was founded in 1919 as the Dayton Museum of Arts.
The Village of Tadmor / The National Road
Vandalia, OH
The Village of Tadmor is significant as being the location of one of the most important centers of transportation in early Ohio history.
The Wright Seaplane Base / Wright Model G “Aeroboat”
West Carrollton, OH
After Wilbur Wright died in 1912, Orville Wright continued to develop and fly airplanes for the Wright Company.
Triangle Park “A Gathering Place”
Dayton, OH
In 1916, Dayton industrialists Charles Kettering and Edward Deeds purchased the “Idylwild estate of Daniel Eldridge Mead and a larger...
Watervliet Shaker Community
Kettering, OH
A Shaker village called Watervliet, Ohio, was located here from 1806-1900.
Winter Zellar (Zero) Swartsel, The Bottle Farm
A direct descendent of original settlers in Jackson Township, Winter Zellar (Zero) Swartsel was born in 1876.
Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum / Woodland Notables
Dayton, OH
Founded in 1841, Woodland is one of the nation’s oldest rural garden cemeteries, the style of which was a dramatic departure from...
Wright Field
Riverside, OH
Named for the 1903 co-inventors of the airplane, Wilbur and Orville Wright of Dayton, Ohio, Wright Field has been the center of...