Against Change of Location of National Road In Dayton
Congress House of Representatives Published 1836
The State of Ohio asked that Congres not change its plans to have the National Road run through Dayton and Eaton, Ohio
Transcribed by Dayton History Books Online volunteer J. T. Ryder
Application for Certain Patent Rights
by Mr. Jennings for the House of Representatives Copyright 1811
Mr. Jennings report on January 17, 1811 to the House of Representatives on opening a road from Vincennes, Indiana to Dayton, Ohio
Transcribed by Dayton History Books Online volunteer Betty Zins
Application of Ohio for a Grant of Land for the Construction of a Certain Road
by Congress House of Representatives Copyright 1832
On January 16, 1832 Ohio asked the House of Representatives for land to build what would become the National Road.
Transcribed by Dayton History Books Online volunteer Betty Zins
Application of Ohio for That Portion of the Land Granted for the Miami Canal
by Congress House of Representatives Copyright 1837
This is a complex bill that more or less says that the U. S. government misused funds that were to go to building the canal from Dayton to the Maumee river and that the State of Ohio would like to be compensated. It was presented on February 7, 1837.
Transcribed by Dayton History Books Online volunteer Betty Zins
Canal From Dayton to Lake Erie
by Woods, on behalf of Congress Written in 1828
How the State of Ohio were granted land to extend the Miami Canal from Dayton to Lake Erie
Transcribed by Dayton History Books Online volunteer J. T. Ryder
Construction of the Lake Erie and Mad River Railroad
Congress House of Representatives Published 1834
Application from the State of Ohio to Congress for aid to build the Lake Erie and Mad River Railroad
Transcribed by Dayton History Books Online volunteer J. T. Ryder
Cumberland Road
by Vinton, on behalf of Congress Copyright 1830
A report to the House of Representatives on why what would later be known as the National Road should run through the cities of Eaton and Dayton.
Transcribed by Dayton History Books Online volunteer Betty Zins
The Day the First Canal Boat Arrived
by Howard Burba Copyright 1930
The glorious day when the canal boat, "Governor Brown", arrived in Dayton on January 25, 1829. The artcle appeared in the Dayton Daily News on November 30, 1930
Transcribed by Dayton History Books Online volunteer Betty Zins
Methods and Materials For Paving Between Street Railway Tracks
by F. O. Eichlberger Copyright 1917
Types of materials used for street improvements. This article appeared in The American City, October 1917
Transcribed by Dayton History Books Online volunteer Betty Zins
Modifying the Act to Aid Ohio in Completing the Miami Canal from Dayton to Lake Erie
Senate report Published in 1830
A discussion on whether canal money given to the State of Ohio should go towards railroads instead
Transcribed by Dayton History Books Online voluteer J. T. Ryder
On a Claim of Land in Ohio
Reported by Mr. Patterson to Congress Copyright 1837
A petition of sorts to Congress to allow a woman to buy land at the price of $1.25 an acre, the price she would have gotten it for had Congress not doubled the price due to it being close to the canal.
Transcribed by Dayton History Books Online volunteer Betty Zins
Public Transportation in Dayton, Ohio: From 1870 to the Present
by Harvey I. Hylton Copyright 2007
A very informative look at the history of how people got around in the Gem City, from horses and mules to our modern day trolleys and diesel buses
Reprinted here with permission of the author
Story of a Shovelful of Dirt
by Howard Burba Copyright 1929
The beginning and the end of the Miami and Erie Canal that ran through the state of Ohio and eventually became Patterson Blvd. in Dayton, The article appeared in the Dayton Daily News on October 27, 1929
Transcribed by Dayton History Books Online volunteer Betty Zins
A Trip From Dayton To Chicago By Water in the Year 1847
by John Van Cleve Copyright 1911
John Van Cleve tells of the trip he made by passenger boat on the canal to Chicago, all in verse, no less
Transcribed by Dayton History Books Online volunteer Betty Zins
What Shall We Do With the Canal?
by A. A. Thomas Copyright 1911
An argument to not repair the Miami Erie Canal that ran through Dayton. The canal is now under Patterson Blvd.
Transcribed by Dayton History Books Online volunteer Katie Bernard
