Dayton Ohio History

The original inhabitants of what is now know as Dayton Ohio were the Mound-Builders. Later inhabitants of the area were the Miamis and the Shawnees. A group of americna settlers founded Dayton Ohio in 1796. The town was iname after Jonathan Dayton in 1805 , a American Revolutionary War veteran and signer of the United Sates of America Constitution.

Dayton Ohio was the birth place of aviation inventors Wilbur and Orville Wright. Wilbur and Orville in there dayton bicycle shop researched and built the first power-driven, heavier-than-air machine capable of free, controlled, and sustained flight. Wilbur and Orville Wright perfected their invention during 1904 and 1905 in Dayton before traveling to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina to launch the wright flyer. Wilbur and Orville's original laboratory is now located in Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan, Aviation Heritage Park operated by the national park service. The site is also the home of the Wright-Dunbar Interpretive Center.

Paul Laurence Dunbar achieved national and international acclaim in a literary world that was almost exclusively reserved for whites. This gifted and prolific writer produced a body of work that included novels, plays, short stories, lyrics, and over 400 published poems. His work, which reflected much of the African American experience in America, contributed to a growing social consciousness and cultural identity for African Americans in the United States.

Industrialist John H. Patterson maker of the first mechanical cash registers founded the National Cash Register Company. National Cash Register is now a multi billion dollar corporation headquartered in Miami Valley, and is now called know as NCR Corporation and traded on the New York Stock (NCR).

The Miami Valley is the home to University of Dayton , Wright State University, Dayton Wire Wheels, Dayton Mall, Flyers Baskeball and Bombers Hockey

The Dayton Dragons began play in the 2000 baseball season as the Class "A" affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds organization. This team plays in a state-of-the-art stadium that is a part of a $30 million complex located in the heart of downtown Dayton Ohio. The stadium has been designed unlike a minor league stadium and will include amenities such as premium and club level seating, 30 luxury suites and the first upper-deck in Class A baseball.