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| The Old Cottonwood Tree, Dayton | ||
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It was at the s.w. corner of Sixth & McKinney. Note the size of the two boys in this picture. |
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Another view of the Cottonwood |
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A hundred years ago, this cottonwood tree
was a notable Dayton landmark. A few more words on the Cottonwood are here. 100 years ago, Dayton residents were serious about this tree. |
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| Random Group of Dayton Boys, circa 1910 |
The sixth birthday of Dorothy Parrotts,
who has the doll, on August 21, 1909. |
The Home of Alice Richards, 330 6th Avenue, Dayton
Also the home and office of Dr. W. D. Richards from 1912 to the 1930's
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| A "depot" at Dayton on the C & O Railroad |
The Gowell Club, 1915 The ad is from the back of the card |
Third Street, Dayton, Kentucky |
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| Dayton Fire Department, 1898 |
Dayton Fire Truck, 1916 |
Dayton Fire Department, 1941 Key to who's in the picture, here. |
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"A vote for the merger of the communities was a landslide with the community Brooklyn voting 51-6 in favor, and Jamestown voting 97-5 in favor also. Suggested names for the new city included Crescent, Berryville, North Point & Campbleton among others. A newspaper account in 1866 stated the name selected was "Dayton" after Dayton, OH that was founded in 1803." - www.northern-kentucky.com |
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750 2&4 Third Street |
513 3rd Street |
819 Third Street |
820 Third |
824 Front |
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| Dayton's Jesse Tannehill's major league record can be found here. (He had a no hitter, six 20 game winning seasons, and is one of the few major league pitchers to ever steal home.) | Jesse's brother Lee Tannehill, right, was also a major leaguer, and his record is here. |
| Other Major League Baseball Players from Dayton: Bill "Shang" Kissinger, whose record is here. John "Chick" Smith's major league record is here. Todd Benzinger's major league record is here. |
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The most famous sports star to live in Dayton was likely
former
UCLA basketball
coach John Wooden. Lonnie Wheeler's story
from the Kentucky Post is
here. (pdf)
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Origins of the name Dayton, here. |
A brief piece on the Dayton Centennial from 1950. Here. (pdf) |
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In 1911, the Dayton Men's Club had a contest, for school |
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"The disgusting spectacle of drunken women was witnessed in the city yesterday afternoon. Two women, moderately well dressed, came over here from Cincinnati and promenaded one or two of the prominent streets and then staggered to a street car at the corner of Third and Clay streets and were taken back as far as Newport. To the credit of Dayton, it can be said they were strangers, supposed to hail from Newport, or Covington." from the Kentucky Journal of Sept. 16, 1891. |
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A few statistics on the City
of Dayton's revenues during the depression are
here.
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