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Nurseries. 6
37
Iron- and Wood-Working Ma- chinery
1
Oculists and Aurists. 3
Jewelers 26
Justices of the Peace 4
Opticians.
5
Kindergartens 3
Overalls, Manufs. 3
Lamps and Lamp Goods 1
Oysters, Fish, and Game 7
Lasts, Manufs. 2
Pails, Manuf 1
Laundries. 17
Paint, Manuf. 1
Leather and Findings.
2
Painters, House and Sign 73
Lime, Plaster, and Cement .. 11
Paints, Oils, etc.
7
Linseed - and Cotton-Oil Ma- chinery
2
Paper, Dealers 3
Linseed Oil, Manufs. 4
Paper, Manufs 7
Lithographers. 3
Paper Bags.
1
Livery-Stables 36
Paper-Box Makers' Machinery.
1
Loan Agents.
6
Paper Boxes, Manufs
2
Grocers, Retail.
307
Mattresses, Manufs
Men's Furnishing Goods 32
Hardware, Wholesale
Hotels. 19
Milliners, Wholesale. 2
House-Movers and Raisers 2
Model Makers 2
5
Nurses
Oils 15
Pants, Manufs.
3
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HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL TABLES
Paper Hangers 27
Showcase Dealers
2
Paper Hangings. 17
Sign Painters.
10
Paper-Mill Machinery. 1
Soap, Manufs 6
Paper and Wooden Plate, Mf .. 1
Spice-Mills. 5
Parquetry Floors 1
Spraying-Machines, Manufs 2
Patent Attorneys. 3
Stained Glass.
1
Patent Solicitors. 2
Stair-Builder.
1
Pattern-Makers 11
Stationers 12
Pension Attorneys. 2
Steam-Engine Builders 3
Pension Claim Agents. 3
Steam-Fitters
7
Perfumery, Manuf. 1
Steamship Agents 3
Photographers 17
Stencils.
2
Photographers' Supplies 2
Stenographers.
6
Physicians 147
Stock Yard.
1
Pianos and Organs. 7
Stockings, Manuf.
1
Pictures and Picture Frames. 9
Stone-Cutters' Tools, Manufs ... Stonemasons. 22
3
Planing-Mills. 8
21
Stone-Quarries.
3
Plows, Manufs
2
Stoneware
2
Plumbers.
15
Stone-Yards
5
Pork Packers
4
Storage
4
Potteries
2
Stove-Polish, Manuf.
1
Poultry Dealers
2
Stoves, Manufs.
3
Printers, Book and Job.
26
Stoves and Tinware, Dealers 35
Pumps
8
Straw-Boards, Manuf. 1
Putty, Manuf.
1
Street-Cars, Manuf. 1
Rags, Metals, etc
7
Street Contractors. 16
Street-Paving Contractors
2
Railway Cars, Manuf. 1
Street Sprinklers
7
Railway Supplies, Manuf. 1
Subscription Books.
3
Real Estate. 62
Restaurants
23
Ropes and Cordage
1
Rubber Goods 1
Tablets, Manuf.
1
Rubber Stamps 3
Tags, Manuf
1
Safe Deposit Companies 2
Tailors, Merchant.
38
Teas and Coffees, Retail. 10
Teas and Coffees, Wholesale. 1
Telegraph Companies. 3
Scales, Computing, Manuf. 1
Telephone Construction 1
School Furniture, Manuf. 1
Screws, Manuf. 1
Tinware
10
Sculptors.
2
Tobacco, Leaf
22
Sealing-Wax, Manuf. 1
Tobacco, Manufs. 3
Second-Hand Stores.
2
Tobacco Machinery. 1
Seeds.
4
Toilet Articles, Manuf. 1
Sewer Pipe 7
Sewing-Machines, Dealers 15
Transfer Companies. 2
Sewing-Machines, Manuf 1
Trunk Materials. 1
Sheet-Iron Workers 3
Trunks, Valises, etc. 4
Shirts, Manufs. 6
Twines and Cordage 2
Shoes, Manuf. 1 Typewriters 3
Saloons .. 399
Sash, Doors, and Blinds, Manufs Sawmills.
9
2
Saws, Manufs. 2
Sweeping-Machines, Manuf. 1
Switch and Car Locks, Manuf .. 1
Table-Slides, Manuf 1
Telephone Company 1
Theaters 2
Toys 3
Railroad Ticket Brokers 3
Plasterers
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CHRONOLOGICAL RECORD
Umbrellas, Manuf. 1 Wheels, Manuf.
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Undertakers. 10 White Lead, Manuf.
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United States Commissioner .. . .
1
Wind Engines 1
Upholsterers 10 Window Glass. 2
Varnish, Manufs. 2
Window Shades 3
Veterinary Hospital. 1
Wood Dealers
11
Veterinary Surgeons 4
Wood- and Iron-Working Ma- chinery 1
Wagon-Makers. 26
Washing-Machines, Manuf 1 Wood Mantels, Manuf 1.
Water-Supply
2
Wood and Willow Ware 2
Water-Wheels, Manufs. 2
Yeast, Manufs.
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CHRONOLOGICAL RECORD.
1749-French Major Celoron de Bienville ascended the La Roche or Big Miami River.
1751-Gist visited the Twightwee or Miami villages.
1780-General George Rogers Clark led an expedition against the Indians of the Miami region, one of his officers being Colonel Robert Patterson. 1782-November 9, A skirmish between American soldiers under General Clark and the Indians on the site of Dayton, in which the Amer- icans were victorious.
1786- Americans under Colonel Logan again defeated the Indians on the site of Dayton, one of the brigades being commanded by Colonel Robert Patterson.
1789-Plans formed for a town named Venice on the site of Dayton.
1795-August 3, A treaty of peace made with the Indians at Greenville, Ohio, by General Wayne-August 20, The site of Dayton purchased by Generals St. Clair, Dayton, and Wilkinson, and Colonel Ludlow- November, The town laid out by Colonel Israel Ludlow.
1796-April 1, Arrival of first settlers, by the Miami River, landing at the head of St. Clair Street; two other parties coming a few days later by land-Newcom's first log cabin built.
1798-First sermon preached in Dayton by Rev. John Kobler, of the Metho- dist Episcopal Church -First Methodist Episcopal class, now Grace Church, organized, with eight members- Newcom's Tavern built- Taxes paid, $29.74.
1799-First Presbyterian Church organized- Blockhouse built- First school opened-First industries established, consisting of distillery, saw- mill, and corn-cracker mill-First lime made-First flatboat left for New Orleans-Dayton three years old and contained nine cabins -Only two houses on Main Street-D. C. Cooper appointed justice of the peace.
1800-Presbyterian meeting-house, eighteen by twenty feet in size, built of logs, on northeast corner of Main and Third streets-August 28, First wedding in Dayton, that of Benjamin Van Cleve and Mary Whitten - April 14, First child born in Dayton, Jane Newcom -First store opened, in Newcom's Tavern.
1801-First male child born in Dayton, John W. Van Cleve.
1802-Only five families in Dayton-Ohio admitted into the Union.
1803-D. C. Cooper resuscitated the town-Montgomery County organized - Dayton made the county-scat-First court held in Dayton-New- com's Tavern used as court-house, jail, church, and country store.
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HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL TABLES
1804-Postoffice and mail-route established -Benjamin Van Cleve, first post- master - Mail every two weeks, between Cincinnati and Detroit, via Dayton-Letter postage twenty to twenty-five cents-Log jail built on Court-house lot-First grist-mill erected -Taxes for the year, $458.40.
1805-The town of Dayton incorporated -First town election held- Presby- terian log meeting-house sold for twenty-two dollars and services continued in log tavern-Dayton Social Library Society incorpo- rated-First brick building erected -First disastrous flood.
1806-First Court-house built, of brick, on present Court-house lot-Two brick stores erected -First newspaper published.
1807 -Dayton Academy incorporated.
1808-First brick residence built-196 votes cast- Repertory first published.
1809-Freight line of keel-boats established between Dayton, Laramie, and St. Mary's-Fourth of July celebrated with a procession -First drug-store opened-First political convention in the county.
1810-Population, 383-New sidewalks ordered by Select Council -- Ohio Centi- nel first published.
1811-Nine flatboats left for New Orleans, with products of the surrounding country- A comet visible, and severe earthquake shocks felt.
1812-A company enlisted for the War of 1812-Ohio militia encamped in Dayton.
1813-First society of mechanics organized -- First Dayton bank chartered - August 13, Present Grand Opera House lot, on southeast corner of Main and First streets, purchased by James Steele and Joseph Peirce for twenty dollars.
1814-First Methodist church completed-Ferry began to operate at Ludlow Street-Ohio Republican first published -First Dayton bank opened for business- A flood.
1815-Dayton Female Charitable and Bible Society organized -First market- house opened - About one hundred dwellings in Dayton, chiefly log cabins -Moral Society and Society of Associated Bachelors formed - First school for girls opened.
1816 - First theater held in Dayton -Ohio Watchman first published.
1817-New Court-house finished-Presbyterians erected a brick church - St. Thomas Episcopal Parish organized -Bridge across Mad River built-Bridge Street Bridge Company incorporated -First Sabbath- School Association organized-Only two carriages owned in Dayton. 1818-Stage-coach line began to run between Dayton and Cincinnati.
1819-A keel-boat arrived from Cincinnati-St. Thomas Episcopal Church organized-An African lion exhibited at Reid's Inn-Bridge at Bridge Street completed.
1820 -Cooper's Mills burned -Population, 1,000.
1822-Montgomery County Bible Society organized -Lancasterian method of instruction introduced -- The Gridiron published-Seven flatboats . and one keel-boat left for New Orleans.
1823- Miami Republican and Dayton Advertiser first published.
1824-First Baptist Church organized-First cotton factory erected, by Thomas Clegg.
1825-Law passed authorizing the construction of a canal from Dayton to Cincinnati-Stage-line established between Columbus, Dayton, and Cincinnati-497 passengers by stage passed through Dayton during the year.
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CHRONOLOGICAL RECORD
1826-The Watchman and Miami Republican consolidated, and named the Ohio National Journal and Montgomery and Dayton Advertiser, after- ward becoming the Dayton Journal.
1827- First volunteer fire company organized-Baptist society built a church. 1828- Water first turned into the canal -First canal-boat launched -Twenty stage-coaches arrived every week-First iron foundry established, now the Globe Iron Works- A flood.
1829-First arrival of canal-boats from Cincinnati -First temperance society formed-A new market-house built-Last factory established, now Crawford, McGregor & Canby's Dayton Last Works-Steele's dam constructed-A majority of the First Baptist Church established a Campbellite church, now the Church of Christ.
1830-Population, 2,954- Dayton Republican first published.
1831- First public school opened-Christ Church Parish organized-First Catholic family arrived in Dayton-R. C. Schenck began practice of law in Dayton.
1832- A fugitive slave captured in Dayton-First Board of Health appointed -Fifty-one brick and sixty-two wooden houses built- A silk man- ufactory established-Dayton Lyceum organized-First parochial school opened - A flood- Mad River & Lake Erie Railroad Company incorporated.
1833-First Reformed Church organized -Mechanics' Institute organized - Population, 4,000-Thirty-three deaths from cholera.
1834 - Democratic Herald first published-Police Department organized.
1835-Firemen's Insurance Company chartered.
1836-Main Street bridge opened for travel - First book published.
1837- Emmanuel Catholic Church dedicated.
1838-The " public square," now Cooper Park, prepared for and planted with trees-Convention held in the interest of free schools-Dayton and Springfield turnpike constructed- Montgomery County Agricul- tural Society organized- Erection of public school-houses ordered. 1839-Dayton Township first divided into election precincts-First county agricultural fair held - Dayton Silk Company organized, with capital of $100,000-First English Lutheran Church organized.
1840 - Harrison campaign - General Harrison visited Dayton - Dayton Journal began to issue first daily paper-Emmanuel Church of the Evangel- ical Association organized-Population, 6,067-Paper-mill established - Montgomery County Mutual Fire Insurance Company organized. 1841- Dayton incorporated as a city -The works of W. P. Callahan & Com- pany established.
1842-Western Empire, now Dayton Times, established.
1843- Woodland Cemetery opened-John Quincy Adams entertained-Bank of Dayton chartered by the State Legislature.
1844-St. Henry's Cemetery opened.
1845-Bank of Dayton ( a State bank ), now the Dayton National Bank, organ- ized-Dayton Bank, to which the Winters National Bank traces its origin, organized.
1846- Dayton furnished soldiers for the Mexican War.
1847 - Disastrous flood-Dayton Library Association organized -First United Brethren Church organized-First telegraph message received.
1849-Two hundred and twenty-five deaths from cholera-The Barney & Smith Car Works established -Dayton lighted by gas-St. Mary's Institute founded-W. C. Howells purchased the Dayton Transcript.
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HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL TABLES
1850-Central High School established-Present old Court-house completed -City Bank and Farmers' Bank opened-D. L. Rike, now the Rike Dry Goods Company, began business-First Hebrew Congregation organized -Population, 10,976.
1851 -First railroad, from Dayton to Springfield completed-Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway completed to Dayton-First passenger station located at northeast corner of Jefferson and Sixth streets- Miami Valley Bank established-Dayton Insurance Company organized -Hebrew cemetery opened.
1852-Probate Court of Montgomery County first opened-Southern Ohio Insane Asylum located at Dayton-Exchange Bank, successor of the Dayton Bank, opened-Dayton & Union Railroad opened for traffic. 1853-United Brethren Publishing House, established in 1834 at Circleville, Ohio, removed to Dayton -Dayton & Western Railroad opened.
1854-First Orthodox Congregational Society organized.
1855-Public Library established-The works of Pinneo & Daniels estab- lished.
1856-Union Passenger Station erected.
1857-Old Central High School building erected.
1859-Stomps-Burkhardt chair factory established.
1860-Miami Commercial College established-Population, 20,081.
1861-65-Dayton furnished to the United States service 2,699 soldiers; under special calls of the State, 965; grand total of Dayton men in the service, 3,664.
1862-Lowe Brothers' paint factory founded.
1863-First National Bank, now the City National Bank, established -Sec- ond National Bank chartered-Miami Valley Insurance Company organized-First steam fire-engine purchased- Vallandigham ar- rested- Journal office burned -Dayton & Michigan Railroad opened. 1864 - Empire office mobbed-The Brownell Company began business.
1865-Miami Valley Boiler Works established-Teutonia Insurance Com- pany organized -Ohio Insurance Company began business -Atlan- tic & Great Western Railroad, now the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio, formed by the consolidation of several roads.
1866-Great destruction by flood-National Soldiers' Home located near Dayton-Stilwell & Bierce Manufacturing Company began business - Volks-Zeitung established -Christian Publishing Association, estab- lished in 1843, reincorporated and located in Dayton.
1867-Central Branch National Military Home established near Dayton -- Dayton Building Association No. 1 organized-Montgomery County Children's Home founded-Cooper Insurance Company incorpo- rated.
1868-McHose & Lyon Architectural Iron Works established-John Dodds began to manufacture agricultural implements.
1869-First street-railway constructed, on Third Street-Normal School opened - Dayton Malleable Iron Company incorporated -Thresher & Company began to manufacture varnish -Sunday, May 16, 1 A.M., Turner's Opera House and adjoining buildings burned; loss, $500,000; insurance, $128,000.
1870-Holly Water-Works established-Young Men's Christian Association organized-Woman's Christian Association organized-Population, 30,473-Cincinnati "Short Line " Railroad, now a part of the Cleve- land, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, incorporated.
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CHRONOLOGICAL RECORD
1871- Union Biblical Seminary opened -Merchants National Bank incorpo- rated- Wayne and Fifth Street Railway and Dayton View Street- Railway chartered.
1872-Calvary Cemetery opened.
1873-Metropolitan police force organized-Mutual Home and Savings Asso- ciation organized.
1874 -- Philharmonic Society organized-New jail completed-Smith & Vaile Company began business.
1875-J. W. Stoddard & Company began business.
1877-Free night schools established-Crume & Sefton Manufacturing Com- pany established-Dayton & Southeastern Railroad, now the Cin- cinnati, Dayton & Ironton, opened.
1878-St. Elizabeth Hospital founded-Woodhull's carriage and buggy works established.
1879-Dayton Daily Herald first published.
1880-Fifth Street Railway Company incorporated-Population, 38,678.
1881 -- St. Elizabeth Hospital erected.
1882-Third National Bank chartered -Columbia Insurance Company organ- ized - Reformed Publishing Company organized.
1883-Serious flood-Montgomery County Bar Association organized - Elec- tric light introduced-Dayton Manufacturing Company incorpo- rated-Historical Publishing Company incorporated.
1884-New Court-house completed-National Cash Register Company organ- ized-Montgomery County Soldiers' Monument dedicated -Ohio Rake Company incorporated.
1886- A destructive flood, damaging West Dayton.
1887- White Line Street-Railway, the first operated by electricity, constructed - Union Safe Deposit and Trust Company incorporated-Pasteur- Chamberland Filter Company incorporated-Board of Trade organ- ized.
1888-New Public Library building occupied- Fourth National Bank incor- porated-Davis Sewing-Machine Company removed to Dayton- First street-paving laid, on East Fifth Street.
1889- Woman's Literary Club organized -"Natural gas introduced -Teutonia National Bank chartered.
1890-Protestant Deaconess Society organized-First sanitary sewers laid- Lorenz & Company, music publishers, began business-Population, 61,220.
1891-Dayton Computing Scale Company incorporated-Dayton Under- writers' Association incorporated-Deaconess Society opened a temporary hospital -Dayton Press established.
1892- Columbian Centennial celebrated-Seybold Machine Company incor- porated.
1893-New High School building completed-Thresher Electrical Company began business.
1894-Deaconess Hospital completed and dedicated -Police matron appointed. 1895- All street railways except one operated by electricity -Dayton Traction Company began to operate its line-Present Day Club organized - Young Women's League organized.
1896-Manual-training school opened - Population, about 80,000-Sixty-four passenger trains daily - April 1, Centennial celebration begun.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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BLACK, ALEXANDER. Story of Ohio. Boston. 1888.
BROWN, ASHLEY. History of Dayton in the History of Montgomery County, Ohio. Chicago. 1882.
CURWEN, MASKELL E. A Sketch of the History of Dayton. 1850.
HOWE, HENRY. Historical Collections of Ohio. 1847.
The Same. Revised and enlarged. 2 vols. Columbus. 1889.
KING, RUFUS. History of Ohio. Boston. 1888.
Newspapers from 1808 to 1896, on file in Dayton Public Library.
Records of the Dayton Academy. 1808-1047. MS.
STEELE, ROBERT W. Historical Sketch of the Dayton Schools.
- Historical Sketch of the Woodland Cemetery Association. 1875.
STEELE, ROBERT W., AND STEELE, MARY DAVIES. Early Dayton. 300 pp., 12mo. Dayton, Ohio: W. J. Shuey, United Brethren Publishing House. 1896.
STEELE, ROBERT W., WOOLDRIDGE, J., AND OTHERS. History of Dayton, Ohio. 728 pp., quarto. Dayton, Ohio: W. J. Shuey, United Brethren Publishing House. 1889.
VAN CLEVE, BENJAMIN. Memoranda. MS.
VAN CLEVE, JOHN W. Brief History of the Settlement of the Town of Dayton. Published in Journal of Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio, page 73.
Note .- For a more complete bibliography see Catalogue of the Dayton Public Library.
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INDEX
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INDEX
ABOLITIONISTS mobbed, 94, 95. Academy, Dayton, 92, 145. Adams, John Quincy, 183. Anderson, Governor Charles, 186, 205. Antislavery society, 94. Asbury, Bishop, 127. Associated Bachelors'Society, 132, 133. Asylum, 227.
BACON, HENRY, 93. Bacon, Richard, 108.
Baker, Aaron, 93, 94, 127, 128, 133.
Banks, 90, 126, 185, 199, 228, 234 et seq. Baptist Church, First, 149, 191.
Bar of Dayton, 186, 187. Barney, E. E., 90, 92, 165, 184, 199. Bartholomew, Jean, 184.
Battles on site of Dayton, 19, 20.
Benevolent and charitable institu- tions, 130, 194, 195, 226, 227. Benham, Captain, 40, 41, 45. Bibliography, 238. Bickham, Major W. D., 197. Bienville, Major Celoron de, 17. " Black Ben," 94. Blockhouse, 34.
Board of City Affairs, 221. Board of Education, 222.
Board of Elections, 222.
Board of Equalization, 222. Board of Health, 159, 223.
Board of Trade, 228. Bomberger, Mrs. Sarah, 136, 137. Bonded debt, 224, 225.
Bridges, 88, 89, 136, 161.
Brown, Ashley, 67, 238. Brown, Henry, 32, 96. Brown, Henry L., 32, 160. Brown, Thomas, 109, 189. Bruen, Luther, 93, 94, 207. Builders' Exchange, 229. 16
Building and loan associations, 197, 228.
Burnet, Isaac G., 110, 128. Business men in "the thirties," 165.
CABINS, 24, 33, 51, 52. Cabintown, 154. Calvary Cemetery, 186. Campbell, James, 184. Canal, Miami and Erie, 150 et seq., 221. Canal-boat, first, built in Dayton, 151. first to arrive, 152.
Carpet manufacture, 173.
Cass, General, 119.
Catholic church, Franklin Street, 191.
Catholic family, first, 191.
Cemeteries, 61, 71, 72, 183, 186.
Centennial of Dayton, 29. Centinel, Ohio, 109, 110, 126.
Central High School, 184. Charitable and benevolent institu- tions, 130, 194, 195, 226, 227.
Chase, Governor, 193. Children's Home, 194, 227.
Chillicothe, 78. Cholera, 159, 192.
Chronological record, 233 et seq. Churches, 191, 225. Cincinnati, 21, 22, 23, 25, 54, 138, 139, 216, 221. City government and institutions, 221 et seq. City Infirmary, 224.
Civil War, Dayton in the, 202 et seq. Clark, General George Rogers, 19. Clay, Henry, 178, 183.
Clegg, Thomas, 108, 234.
Cleveland, 139. Clinton, Governor DeWitt, 150. Clubs, 196, 227. Colonization society formed, 94.
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Colored people left for Hayti, 94. Columbian Centennial, 196. Columbus, 139, 221. Comet of 1811, 110.
Comly, R. N., 75, 148. Comly, W. F., 75, 148.
Commercial and industrial, 228 et seq. Commercial colleges, 226.
Compton's Tavern, 150.
Conestoga wagons, 103.
Congregational Church, First, 236.
Conover, Obadiah B., 93, 94, 114, 133.
Cooper, D. C., 20, 21, 29, 30, 65, 79, 87, 92, 111, 133.
becomes titular proprietor of Day- ton, 30, 63. his improvements and liberality, 30, 31.
Cooper, David Zeigler, 163, 164.
Cooper Female Seminary, 184.
Cooper Hydraulic, 172.
Cooper Park, 26, 30, 119, 164, 190, 196.
Corwin, Thomas, 179.
Council, Town, 109, 163, 164. City, 222.
Court-house, 89, 135, 185. Cox, Miss, 184.
Crane, Judge Joseph H., 70, 78, 80, 81, 106, 108, 109, 121, 133, 179, 186, 187. quoted, 90.
Curwen, quoted, 27, 55, 59, 61, 67, 104, 176, 193, 194. History of Dayton, 67, 68, 238. Cut money, 60.
DARST, ABRAM, 100, 141, 165. Davies, Edward W., 98, 108, 162. Davis, Dr. John, 190. Dayton, site purchased, 20. laid out, 21. named, 21. settled, 21-25. in 1800-1805, 25.
made county-seat, 55, 64.
incorporated, as a town, 83. as a city, 235. location and area, 221. population, 221. government and institutions, 221 et seq.
from 1840 to 1896, 183 et seq. in the Civil War, 202 et seq. Dayton, General Jonathan, 20, 29, 216.
Dayton Academy, 92, 145. Dayton bank, first, 90, 126.
Dayton Female Charitable and Bible
Society, 130.
Dayton Foreign Missionary Society, 144.
Dayton Library Association, 190.
Dayton Lyceum, 160.
Dayton Social Library Society, 84.
Dayton Temperance Society, 153.
Dayton View Hydraulic, 157.
De Bienville, 17.
Deaconess Hospital, 195, 196, 226.
Debt, bonded, 224, 225.
Detroit, 78.
Dickson, Miss Mary G., 184.
Disbrow, Henry, 99, 105, 106.
Doddridge, quoted, 33.
Dover, Mrs. Thomas, 35.
Doyle, Major, 46.
Drake, Dr., quoted, 25.
Dunlevy, Hon. Francis, 55.
EAKER, WILLIAM, 101, 102, 109.
Earthquakes, 110.
Edgar, Robert, 31, 100.
Election, first town, 64.
Electric light, 193.
Elliott, Dr. John, 25, 84, 97.
Emerson Club, 196, 227.
Empire office mobbed, 207.
Engle, George, 108.
Episcopal Church, St. Thomas, 140. Christ, 140.
Este, Dr. Charles, 107.
Evangelical Association, Emmanuel Church, 235.
FALES, STEPHEN, 108. Ferries, 88, 89, 128.
Findlay, Rev. James B., 92.
Fire Department, 140-144, 194, 223.
Fire-hunting, 59.
Fire-insurance companies, 197, 228.
Fires, 133, 140, 141, 142, 143. First book published, 235.
First brick building, 84.
First brick residence erected, 96.
First bridge, 136.
First business house erected, 32.
First canal-boat built, 151. First child born, 53.
First county court, 55, 64.
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First county fair, 173. First court-house, 54, 55. First court-house built, 89. First drug-store, 109. First flatboat to New Orleans, 33. First flood, 86. First graveyard, 61. First industries established, 61, 233. First jail, 54.
First jail built, 66. First justice of the peace, 61. First library in Ohio, 84. First lime made, 53.
First male child born, 67.
First market-house, 131.
First mayor, 92.
First mechanics' society, 125. First meeting-house, 61.
First mill built, 61. First minister, 26.
First musical society, 71.
First newspaper, 89.
First passenger station, 236. First postmaster, 34, 78.
First postoffice, 78. First railroad company organized, 168.
First school, 34. First school-teacher, 34.
First sermon, 26, 233.
First settlers, 21.
First store opened, 32.
First street-railway, 194.
First telegraph message, 193.
First temperance society, 153.
First theater, 133, 134.
First town election, 64.
First wedding, 57.
Fish, 138. Flatboating, 104. Flint, Rev. Timothy, quoted, 132. Floods, 86, 158, 192. Folkerth, John, 84, 92, 109.
Forrer, Samuel, 99, 170, 171. quoted, 99, 127, 137, 177. Fort Greenville, 48. Fort Hamilton, 25, 30, 32, 40, 42, 54, 216.
Fort Jefferson, 40, 42. Fort Washington, 40, 42, 214, 215. Fort Wayne, 78.
Fourth of July celebrations, 106-109, 146.
Franklin, 78, 139. Friday Afternoon Club, 196, 227.
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