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The Great Dayton Flood of 1913

On Sunday, March 23, 1913, three storm systems met over western Ohio and, over the next four days, poured nine to eleven inches of rain over the Miami Valley. Falling on near-frozen and saturated ground, ...

Explosion of the Steamship Dayton

Shortly after the people of Texas voted to approve annexation to the U.S.in June 1845, the U.S. entered a boundary dispute between Texas and Mexico. President James K. Polk ordered General Zachary Taylor to position his troops on or near ...

Michael Dayton

Captain of Connecticut

Revolutionary War Soldier

Michael Dayton

Captain of Connecticut

Born June 4, 1722

Died Sept. 22, 1776

Placed by

Sarah Whitman Trumbull

Chapter NSDAR May 1996

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Main Street (Connecticut Route 63) and French Street, on the right when traveling ...

Camels in Dayton

Camels were imported into the United States for military purposes in the mid-1850's. Lt. Edward Beale of the U.S. Army tested the animals for caravan operations in the deserts of the Southwest. The experiment was not successful and the camels ...

Willoughby Dayton Miller

1853–1907. Born in Alexandria in 1853, Willoughby Dayton Miller received his primary education in a nearby one-room schoolhouse. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1875 and then studied in Edinburgh, Scotland. Later, he traveled to Berlin, Germany where ...