History. Dayton was founded on April 1, 1796, by 12 settlers known as the Thompson Party. They traveled in March from Cincinnati up the Great Miami River by pirogue and landed at what is now St. Clair Street, where they found two small camps of Native Americans.
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1950 · Wright Hall—housing the 1905 Wright Flyer III · Wagon Shed—housing the 1834 Conestoga wagon and 1870 Concord stagecoach · Grist Mill with working waterwheel ...
Dayton was a thriving city by the end of the century, reaching 85,000 in the 1900 census (Dayton, Ohio 1900 Census).
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