Dayton, Ohio

The seat of Montgomery County in west-central Ohio, Dayton sits in the Miami River Valley, north of Cincinnati, south of Toledo, west of Columbus, and east of Richmond, Indiana, at the confluence of the Great Miami River, the Stillwater River, the Mad River, and Wolf Creek. After the flood of 1913, numerous water-control dams and levees were constructed to control these rivers.

Named after Jonathan Dayton, the city was the birthplace and home of aviation pioneers Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright who, before their aviation success, ran a bicycle repair shop in Dayton. It was also the home of the poet Paul Laurence Dunbar and of John H. Patterson, 1 who founded a successful cash register business in Dayton, National Cash Register, now diversified far beyond cash registers and known by its initials NCR.

Nickname

Gem City

Resources and sights:

Visitors' info from Wright State University: http://www.med.wright.edu/visitors/nearby.html

History of NCR: http://www.ncr.com/history/history.htm

Montgomery County Historical Society: http://www.daytonhistory.org/home.htm

Official city website: http://www.ci.dayton.oh.us/