The links below are great resources for Dayton History. These links are not part of Dayton History Books Online and are not searchable by our search engine. Hitting any link below will open up a new window.
Historic Organizations:
American Veterans Heritage Center
Dayton History
Preservation Dayton
Historic Districts:
Huffman Historic Area
McPherson Town District
Oregon Historic District
South Park Historic District
St. Anne's Hill Historic District
Wright-Dunbar Historic District
Other Books About Dayton Online:
What Dreams We Have by Ann Honious
"Must See" Links About the Dayton Area
Calvary Cemetery - This link allows you to search for burials at Calvary Cemetery by name
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
Dayton Codebreakers - This site tells the story of hundreds of people who worked at the United States Naval Computing Machine Laboratory, a top secret project in Dayton during World War Two. These people kept their secret for over fifty years.
Dayton Police History Foundation - The site directs visitors on where and how to find out more about the history of the Dayton Police Department.
Dayton National Cemetery - A list of nearly 37,000 people buried at the VA Center from 1867 to 2000
Dayton VA Virtual Tour of the National Military Home in 1885
Gem City Circle Walking Tours - Information on walks and one-hour programs that offer glimpses of a downtown Dayton filled with exciting architecture, history, memories and trivia.
Home Based Arts USA- This organization's goal is to increase children's investment in their community by making them aware of the rich and valuable history of Dayton and the Miami Valley.
Linda Tope Trent's Home Page
Montgomery County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society
The Morgan Library of Ohio Imprints - describes over 9,650 books, pamphets and broadsides printed in Ohio from 1796 through 1850, including Dayton printers. Also an index to the 1850 Dayton City Directory as well as others, like the Cooper Academy
Paul Laurence Dunbar House
Paul Laurence Dunbar Audio Poems - Herbert Woodward Martin, University of Dayton professor emeritus, reads over 40 poems of Dunbar, all of which can be listened to here.
Rollie Puterbaugh's Fotki Page - Mr. Puterbaugh's wonderful site includes photographs his father, Rollyn Puterbaugh Sr., took of Dayton, including the 1950 snowstorm, Parkmoor, Rikes and other very historical and beautiful shots of the Gem City.
RopeWalk - What ties together prehistoric tools, Ben Franklin, trust busting, railroads, drug laws, plastics, nanotubes and space travel? Learn about ropemaking's forgotten effects on agriculture and industry in Xenia, Ohio from the Civil War to the present - and beyond.
Woodland Cemetery & Arboretum
Nostalgic Links About the Dayton Area
ClubHouse 22 - Remember Clubhouse 22 with Malcom and Duffy the Dog? Plenty of picutres of the show and guests who appeared to lighten up our day
Dayton Nostalgia - pictures, sound clips and videos of well-known people, places and ads of Dayton in the 1960s, 70s and 80s
The Official Site of Shock Theater - Memories, guestbook and more on Dr. Creep and Shock Theater
