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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBGI_the-birth-of-aviation_Dayton-OH.html
In 1899, Wilbur and Orville Wright of Dayton built a kite to test a revolutionary flight control system, and in 1900, built their first airplane (glider). With promising results, the Wrights built man-carrying gliders and airplanes to refine their…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2IS_in-case-of-floods_Dayton-OH.html
Huffman Prairie Flying Field lies to the right of Huffman Dam, the long earthen barrier you see below. The dam is one of five 'retarding basins' built by the Miami Conservancy District after the catastrophic 1913 flood. This dam, along with many m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2IR_cow-pasture-to-flight-school_Dayton-OH.html
Look two miles beyond this overlook to see a true cradle of aviation. The flags you see far below outline the pasture that became the first airport in history.
After their success at Kitty Hawk, the Wright brothers returned to Dayton, looking f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2IQ_biplanes-to-rocket-science_Dayton-OH.html
Here, on Wright Brothers Hill, on all sides you are surrounded by the vast research complexes and runways of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Problem solving done here since 1917 has taken aviators from Huffman Prairie Flying Field to the moon and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2HG_final-honors_Dayton-OH.html
The Wright brothers were the most memorialized of Americans in the 20th century. Of all their countrymen, only Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln have inspired commemorative zeal to match.Wright biographer Tom Crouch
To perfect a flying machine…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CM_dayton-masonic-temple_Dayton-OH.html
(Side A): The first Masonic Lodge in Dayton was founded in 1808, located in the first Montgomery County Courthouse. Various other locations were home to Masons in Dayton, but by World War I, rapid growth of the Masonic community called for the cre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEO_st-marys-hall_Dayton-OH.html
Constructed in 1870, St. Mary's Hall was once the largest building in Dayton. A National Historic Landmark, the building was formerly the main facility of St. Mary's Institute, now the University of Dayton. Known as Dewberry Farm, the land for the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEN_erma-bombeck_Dayton-OH.html
Erma Fiste was born in Dayton on February 21, 1927. While attending Patterson Cooperative High School, she worked as a copygirl for the Dayton Herald. After graduating from the University of Dayton in 1949, she married Bill Bombeck. She returned t…