Identifier: HistoricalCollectionsOfOhio1891V2 (find matches)
Title: Historical Collections of Ohio: An Encyclopedia of the State ; History Both General and Local, Geography with Descriptions of Its Counties, Cities and Villages, Its Agricultural, Manufacturing, Mining and Business Development, Sketches of Eminent and Interesting Characters, Etc., with Notes of a Tour over It in 1886 V 2
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Howe, Henry, 1816-1893
Subjects: Ohio -- Biography Ohio -- History Ohio -- Local History Ohio -- Description and travel
Publisher: Columbus : Henry Howe & Son

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46, was supplied for our first edition by Mr. John W.Van Cleve, the first-born child of the settlers. A sketch of his life will be found on a fewpages beyond. The thriving city of Dayton is in this county. This is a beautiful town. Itis regularly laid out, the streets are of an unusual width, and much taste is dis-played in the private residences—many of them are large and are ornamented byfine gardens and shrubbery. The following sketch is from a resident: Dayton, the county-seat, is situated on the east side of the Great Miami, at themouth of Mad river, and one mile below the southwest branch. It is 67 mileswesterly from Columbus, 52 from Cincinnati and 110 from Indianapolis. Thepoint at which Dayton stands was selected in 1788 by some gentlemen, who de-signed laying out a town by the name of Venice. They agreed with John ClevesSymmes, whose contract with Congress then covered the site of the place for thepurchase of the lands. But the Indian wars which ensued prevented the exten-
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Drawn by Henry Howe in 1846. View in Dayton. (The above view was taken near the corner of First and Ludlow streets. In front is shown theelegant residence of J. D. Phillips, Esq., and the First Presbyterian church; on the left, the cupolaof the new court-house and the spires of the German Reformed and Second Presbyterian churchesappear.) sion of settlements from the immediate neighborhood of Cincinnati for some years,and the project was abandoned by the purchasers. Soon after Waynes treaty, in1795, a new company, composed of Generals Jonathan Dayton, Arthur St. Clair,James Wilkinson and Col. Israel Ludlow, purchased the lands between theMiamis, around the mouth of Mad river, of Judge Symmes, and on the 4th ofNovember laid out the town. Arrangements were made for its settlement in theensuing spring, and donations of lots were offered, with other privileges, to actualsettlers. Forty-six persons entered into engagements to remove from Cincinnatito Dayton, but during the winter most of th

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