Greg Lynch

1 week ago | daytondailynews.com | Greg Lynch

In 1829, Archibald and Ziba Crawford, brothers from Saratoga Springs, New York, settled in Dayton and founded the Dayton Last Company, which manufactured the wooden forms over which shoes were shaped and repaired. The shoe lasts look like wooden feet and were made on a copying lathe so they could be rapidly reproduced. It was the only company of its kind west of the Allegheny Mountains.

2 weeks ago | daytondailynews.com | Greg Lynch

After a violent gang clash with Capone, Moran fled Chicago. He ended up in Dayton several years later. Valentine’s Day MassacreMoran narrowly avoided death during the 1929 Valentine’s Day Massacre in Chicago. As a bootlegger, Moran had put together the biggest still Chicago had ever seen — three warehouse floors of tubes, pipes and barrels capable of pumping out, in today’s dollars, over $1 million of alcohol each week.

4 weeks ago | daytondailynews.com | Greg Lynch

There are various accounts of how many people died, but the most common number, according to various ledgers of the time, is that 225 people died from the 1849 cholera outbreak in Dayton. The Great Flood took 123 lives. In comparison, cholera had taken 33 lives when its first wave came through Dayton in 1833. Almost escaped itAt the time, there were no modern methods of treating or preventing the disease and the fear was high among the public.

1 month ago | daytondailynews.com | Greg Lynch

Dayton is probably best known for the Wright brothers. The invention of the powered airplane changed the world and brought attention to their hometown of Dayton in many ways. The city is filled with landmarks and other references to the Wright brothers’ accomplishments. Numerous places in Dayton are critical to the history of flight and wonderful places to commemorate our aviation legacy. Here are five of them.

1 month ago | daytondailynews.com | Greg Lynch |Jamie Dupree

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