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GAME, 138. Gano, General, 119. Gano, John Stites, 20. Gas, 193.
Gas, natural, 197.
Gebhart, Frederick, 199, 200.
Gebhart, George, 199. Gebhart, Herman, 199.
George, William, 78, 79. Gist, 17, 18. quoted, 18.
Glass, Francis, 146.
Glassmire, Abraham, 21, 22, 33.
Goforth, William, 20. Greene, Charles Russell, 87, 88, 109, 112.
Greenville, Fort, 48.
Greenville, treaty of, 20.
Greer, Rear-Admiral, 209.
Gridiron, 146.
Grimes, Alexander, 98, 149.
Grimes, Colonel John, 98.
Grimes's Tavern, 98, 107.
Gunckel, Hon. Lewis B., 187.
"H. H." CLUB, 196, 227.
Haines, Dr. Job, 93, 130, 141, 190.
Hamer, William, 21, 128. Hamilton, Alexander, 214, 215.
Hamilton, Fort, 25, 30, 32, 40, 42, 54, 216. Hamilton County, 61.
Hanna, James, 92.
Harmar, Fort, 214.
Harmar, General, 214, 215.
Harmonia Society, 196, 227.
Harries, John, 139.
Harrison, General W. H., 122, 174, 175, 176, 177, 179.
Harrison campaign, 174 et seq.
Harshman, Jonathan, 93, 95, 96, 168, 175. Haynes, Judge Daniel A., 165, 179, 186, 189. Hebrew cemetery, 186. Hebrew congregation, first, 191. Herald, 198. High School, 184, 222. Hildreth, cited, 24. Historical and statistical tables, 221.
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History of Dayton, material for, 67, 68, 238.
Hogs introduced, 33.
Holt, Colonel Jerome, 64, 109, 123, 124.
Holt, Judge George B., 147, 149, 165. Hospitality, early, 178.
Hospitals, 115, 195, 196, 226, 227.
Houk, Adam, 108.
Houston, George S., 80, 126, 129, 133.
Howells, W. C., quoted, 51, 52, 59.
Howells, W. D., quoted, 59, 60.
Howe's "Historical Collections of
Ohio," quoted, 170, 171.
Huffman, William, 110, 111, 133, 134. Huffman, William P., 111.
Hull, General, 120, 121. Hunting, 60, 138.
Hunting-grounds, Indian, 18, 19. Hydraulics, 157, 172.
IMPROVING the town, 163. Incorporated companies, 228. Incorporation, as a town, 83. as a city, 235.
Indian villages, 17.
Indians, early experiences with, 27, 28, 31, 38, 39, 56. Indians, wars with, 19, 20. Industrial and commercial, 228 et seq. Infirmary, 224.
JACKSON, ANDREW, 185. Jail, 54, 126, 127, 185. Jefferson, Fort, 40, 42. Jennison, William, 167. Jewett, Dr. Adams, 190. Jewett, Dr. Hibberd, 95, 190. Journal, 197. office burned, 206.
Jubilee of the United States, 108, 109.
KEEL-BOATS, 105. Kentucky, incursions from, 18. King, Colonel Edward A., 193, 203, 206. King, Rufus, quoted, 125. King, William, 76, 77, 78. Knox, General, 43, 214. Kobler, Rev. John, 26, 127, 233.
LA ROCHE RIVER, 17. Lafayette, death of, 162. Lancasterian instruction, 145. Latitude and longitude, 221.
Levees, 72, 86. Libraries, 74, 84, 85, 160, 190, 222. Lime first made in Dayton, 53. Lincoln, Abraham, 187, 202, 208. Literary societies, 196, 227. Location and area, 221. Log cabin described, 52.
Log Cabin, 75, 174. Logan, Colonel, 19.
Lowe, Colonel John G., 109, 207. Lowe, Mrs. John G., 113, 114.
Lowe, Peter P., 108, 147. Lowry, David, 33, 102.
Ludlow, Colonel Israel, 20, 21, 29, 49, 63, 213 et seq.
Lutheran Church, First English, 191.
MAD RIVER, 18, 19, 20, 22, 30, 48, 49, 54, 62, 172, 173, 221.
Maennerchor Society, 196, 227.
Mails, 78, 79, 80.
Manual-labor school, 155.
Manual-training school, 184, 222.
Manufacturing interests, 196, 197, 229 et seq. Marietta, 24.
Market-house, 131, 153, 154, 224.
Markets, 171, 172, 224.
Marriages, early, 62. Mayor, 221. first, 92. McClure, William, 78, 79, 99.
McCullum's Tavern, 65, 84, 119, 125.
McDaniel, Charles A., 209.
McDaniel, James, 165.
McDermont, Dr. Clarke, 190.
McGuffey, Rev. W. H., 165.
McMahon, Hon. John A., 186.
McMillan, Gideon, 146.
McMullin, Captain John, 146.
Mechanics' Institute, 160.
Mechanics' society, first, 125.
Medical profession, 190.
Medical societies, 129, 130. Meigs, Governor, 118 et seq.
Mercantile interests, 197, 228 et seq.
Merchants, early, 165. Methodist church, first, 127, 128.
Mexican War, 192, 193. Miami City, 185. Miami Republican and Dayton Adver- tiser, 147.
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Miami River, Big, or Great, 17, 18, 22, 62, 104, 105, 221. navigable, 104. Miami River, Little, 18, 20, 215.
Miami Valley, its beauty and fertil- ity, 18. Miami villages, 17. Military companies, 227.
Military history, 19, 111, 112, 116 et seq., 192, 193, 202 et seq. Mitchell, James H., 92. Mobs, 94, 95, 206, 207.
Money, 60.
Montgomery County Agricultural Fair, first, 173.
Montgomery County Agricultural Society organized, 173. Montgomery County Bible Society organized, 144. Montgomery separated from Hamil- ton County, 64.
Moral Society, 132, 133.
Morgan's raid, 206. Morrison, Thomas, 166, 167, 174. Morus multicaulis, 173.
Mozart Musical and Literary Society, 196, 227. Mt. Vernon, 139. Munger, General, 118, 119, 121. Munger, Warren, 139. Musical societies, 196, 227.
NATIONAL GUARD, 227. National Hotel, 153.
National Military Home, 209, 210, 227.
Natural advantages of the Miami region, 18. Natural gas, 197. Navigation of Miami River, 104, 105. New Orleans a market for Dayton produce, 104, 105. Newcom, Colonel George, 21, 53-57, 126, 133. Newcom, Mrs. George, 56. Newcom's Tavern, 27, 30, 32, 53, 54, 55, 64. News, 197.
Newspapers, 89, 99, 109, 110, 128, 129, 146, 147, 148, 197, 198, 225. Night schools, 222. Normal school, 184, 222.
ODLIN, PETER, 109, 168. Ohio admitted into the Union, 64.
Ohio Centinel, 109, 110, 126.
Ohio Land Company, 17, 20, 87, 88. Ohio National Journal, 147.
Ohio Republican, 128.
Ohio Watchman, 128, 129.
Oregon, 185. Original settlers, 21, 23, 24.
Orphans' Home, 194. Osborn, Cyrus, 78.
PARROTT, COLONEL E. A., 204. Passenger trains, 229, 237.
Patterson, Colonel Robert, 19, 82, 83, 108, 216.
Patterson, Jefferson, 108.
Patton, Matthew, 99, 133, 141.
Peirce, Joseph, 80, 106, 111, 133.
Periodicals, 198, 225.
Perrine, James, 148.
Perrine, Johnson V., 109. Petition to Congress, 62, 63.
Philharmonic Society, 196, 227.
Phillips, Horatio G., 108, 111, 112, 137.
Phillips, J. D., 112, 113, 178, 179.
Phillips, Mrs. Horatio G., 113.
Physicians, 190.
Pioneer life, 33, 51 et seq. Piqua, 17.
Plats of the town, 64, 75.
Pleyel Society organized, 71.
Police Department, 161, 185, 223.
Police matron appointed, 237.
Political clubs, 227.
Political excitement, 158, 159, 161, 192, 202 Population, 221. Postage, early, 79, 80.
Postoffice, 78.
Postoffice statistics, 229.
Presbyterian Church, First, 61, 65, 107, 108, 174, 191.
Presbyterian meeting-house, 61, 65. Present Day Club, 196, 227. Press, see Newspapers.
Press, 198. Probate Court opened, 236.
Processions of school-children, 146, 196.
Protestant Deaconess Home and Hos- pital, 195, 196, 226. Protestant Deaconess Society, 195. Public Library, 190, 222. Public schools, 157, 183, 184, 222
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RAILROADS, steam, 193, 194, 221, 236, 237. street, 194, 228, 236, 237.
Rebellion, War of the, 202 et seq.
Reeve, Dr. J. C., 190.
Reformed Church, First, 191.
Regans, Jephtha, 147.
Reid, Colonel, 98, 99.
Reid, Major David, 109, 118.
Reid's Inn, 98, 99, 107, 109, 122, 140. Repertory, 99. Rike, D. L., 200, 236.
Roads, 102, 103, 221. Robert, Prof. J. A., 196.
SABBATH-SCHOOL ASSOCIATION, 136. Sandusky, 139, 194.
Schenck, Admiral James F., 209.
Schenck, General Robert C., 108, 157, 160, 165, 168, 179, 187, 188, 205. Schenck, General W. C., 34, 49. School convention, 165.
School enumeration, 222.
School-houses, public, 169, 222.
Schools, public, 157, 183, 181, 222. church, 184, 226.
private, 34, 154, 155, 184, 226. manual-labor, 155.
Settlement, the, 21-25.
Settlers, original, 21, 23, 24.
Sewers, 197, 228.
Sheep first brought to Dayton, 33, 34.
Sherman, Senator John, quoted, 189. Shows, 140.
Shuey, Rev. W. J., 238.
Silk manufactory, 160.
Silkworms, culture of, 173.
Site of Dayton purchased, 20.
Slave captured in Dayton, 93, 94.
Smith, George W., 101, 102, 107. Smith, William M., 92, 106.
Social, cycling, and other clubs, 227. Society of Associated Bachelors, 132, 133.
Soldiers' Home, 209, 210, 227, Soldiers' Monument, 210, 211. Soule, Charles, 161, 179. Southern Ohio Asylum, 227.
Spining, Judge Isaac, 76, 77, 107, 108. Springfield, 19, 168, 236. Squier, David, 66, 109. St. Clair, Governor Arthur, 20, 29, 40, 215, 216.
St. Elizabeth Hospital, 195, 226, 227. St. Henry's Cemetery, 186. St. Joseph's Institute, 226. St. Mary's Institute, 226. Stage-coaches, 138, 139. Stebbins, Colonel, 108. Steele, Dr. John, 95, 107, 115, 116, 129, 190.
Steele, Judge James, 79, 89, 90, 91, 93, 106, 107, 108, 121, 122, 126, 141.
Steele, Miss Mary D., 91. History of Dayton, 238.
Steele, Robert W., 67, 68, 91, 184, 186. quoted, 69. biographical sketch, 91, 200. History of Dayton, 238.
Steele High School, 184, 222.
Steele's Dam, 157.
Stillwater, 221.
Stites, Major Benjamin, 20.
Stoddard, Henry, 85, 94, 139.
Stores, early, 104.
Stout, David, 135, 198.
Strain, Robert, 131.
Street improvements, 197, 228.
Street-paving, 197, 228.
Street-railways, 194, 228, 236, 237.
Strong, Lieutenant-Colonel Hiram, 205, 207.
Sun Inn, 137.
Swaynie's Tavern, 153, 173. Symmes, John Cleves, 20, 63, 216.
TAX COMMISSION, 224. Taxes, early, 62, 64, 233, 234. 1894-96, 224.
Tecumseh, 19, 109.
Temperance society, 153.
Tennery, George T., 92.
Theater, first, 133, 134.
Thespian Society, 85.
Thomas, Rev. Thomas E., 76.
Thompson, Mrs. Samuel, 23, 27.
Thompson, Samuel, 21, 23, 27.
Thresher, Ebenezer, 198, 199. Thruston, Robert A., 108, 162.
Times, 197.
Trains, passenger, 229, 237.
Transportation, early, 102, 103, 104, 105. Turnpikes, 168, 169, 170. Turpin, James, 75, 76, 184. Twightwee villages, 17.
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UNION BIBLICAL SEMINARY, 226. Union Passenger Station, 236. United Brethren Church, First, 191. Urbana, 78, 79.
VALLANDIGHAM, CLEMENT L., 188, 189, 206.
Van Cleve, Benjamin, 21, 25, 34 et seq., 55, 57, 58, 62, 67, 68, 78, 79, 83, 84, 92, 106, 107, 109, 126. quoted, 34, 49, 63, 69. "Memoranda," 35, 36. biography of, 35 et seq.
historian of Dayton from 1795 to 1821, 36. Van Cleve, Captain William, 21, 22, 119, 120.
Van Cleve, John, 27, 36, 37, 38, 39.
Van Cleve, John W., 58, 67 et seq., 85, 93, 108, 141, 142, 148, 174, 186.
quoted, 25, 85, 86, 87. biography of, 67 et seq. historian of Dayton, 67. Van Cleve, Mary, 27, 28. Venice, plans for a town named, 20. Volks-Zeitung, 198.
WAR OF 1812, 111, 112, 116 et seq. Washington, Fort, 40, 42, 214, 215. Water-works, 194, 223. Wayne, General Anthony, 20, 44. Welsh, Dr. James, 92, 97, 106.
West Dayton, 185. Westfall, Cornelius, 83.
Wheelock, Major Daniel W., 164. Whig Glee Club, 76.
Whiting, Swansey, 83. Whitten, Mary, 57, 58. Widows' Home, 195, 227. Wight, Collins, 93, 114.
Wilbur, Rev. Backus, 136.
Wilkinson, General James, 20, 29, 216.
Williams, John H., 76, 78.
Williams, Milo G., 93, 165, 184.
Wilson, Mrs. Jane Newcom, 53, 56.
Winters, J. H., 186. Winters, Mrs. J. H., 196. Winters, Valentine, 199. Wolf Creek, 221.
Woman's Christian Association, 195, 226.
Woman's Literary Club, 196, 227.
Women's literary clubs, 196, 227. Wood, General T. J., 211.
Woodland Cemetery, 71, 72, 186. Work-house, 223.
XENIA, 19.
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIA- TION, 195, 226. Young Men's Institute, 226. Young Women's League, 195, 226.
ZANESVILLE, 78.
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