By Joe Frye May 14, 2026 Business, Community, Spring 2026 100 Sweet Years Esther Price celebrates its centennial year When she was 14, in her home economics class, Esther Price began learning how…
By Joe Frye November 20, 2025 Dayton Today, Digital Exclusive Walk Down Memory Lane McPherson Town will open a series of historic homes Nov. 28 & 29 McPherson Town will open a series of…
By Corinne Minard & Joe Frye November 6, 2025 Digital Exclusive, History, Summer 2025 History in Dayton Excerpt from Greater Dayton Relocation & Newcomer Guide Dayton and the Miami Valley are packed with history. While the area’s…
By Leo Deluca April 17, 2024 History, spring 2024 Ida Holdgreve: The Plain Sewer First female American aerospace worker called Dayton home In 1910 and 1911, two odd buildings began to rise a mile…
By Leo DeLuca April 4, 2024 Community, History, Winter 2023-24 The Roots of Cox Arboretum Arboretum has provided an outdoor escape for more than 60 years Cox Arboretum, a 174-acre tapestry of wildlife, stands just…
By Leo Deluca November 2, 2023 Fall 2023, History From a Cow Pasture to Outer Space The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force celebrates 100 years The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, the…
By Terry Troy July 26, 2023 History, Summer 2023 Switching History Museum brings family fun to Bradford’s rail heritage Due to its unique position where rail lines bifurcated heading west, the…
By Leo DeLuca April 6, 2023 History, Spring 2023 The Dawn of Carillon Park When Carillon Park opened in 1950, the museum featured eight original attractions, including the world’s first practical airplane By 1950,…
By Corinne Minard February 14, 2023 Dayton Today, Digital Exclusive A Piece of Presidential History Celebrate President’s Day with a visit to one of these local sites With Presidents’ Day next week, this is no…
By Leo Deluca October 13, 2022 Fall 2022, History Dillinger & Dayton The nation’s first Public Enemy No. 1 was arrested in Dayton on Sep. 22, 1933 John Dillinger rose during the…