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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U0J_mormon-migration-kirkland-camp-facts-about-kirkland-camp-historical_Dayton-OH.html
Mormon Migration, Kirkland Camp On July 28, 1838, the first and largest company of Mormon pioneers to migrate west camped along the Mad River near this site. Known as Kirtland Camp, the 515 members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TZ9_huffman-dam-historical_Dayton-OH.html
Huffman
one of five dams
built by the Miami
Conservancy District
for flood control
in the Miami Valley
completed 1922
height 73 ft. length 3300 ft.
width at base 380
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KFO_taylorsville_Huber-Heights-OH.html
One of five dams built by the
Miami Conservancy District
for flood control in
the Miami Valley
Completed 1922
Height 78 ft. Length 3000 ft.
Width at base 415 ft.
The Dams
of the Miami Conservancy District
are for
Flood Prevention Purpo…
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…