Completed just before most of the railroads in Ohio were built, the canal competed with railroads through much of its useful life. Ice in the winter, as well as the slowness of the boats, made it fairly impractical compared to railroads, and by 1906, the canal had largely ceased to operate. A catastrophic flood of the Great Miami River in 1913 and the subsequent flood control measures constructed by the Miami Conservancy District destroyed much of the canal infrastructure along the southern portion of the route where it paralleled the Great Miami River. One of the original locks ( ...

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Image:Dayton.JPG Dayton is a city in southwestern Ohio, United States with a population of 166,179 (2000). It is the county seat and largest city of Montgomery County. The Greater Dayton area or Dayton metropolitan area encompasses a number of contiguous communities outside Dayton city proper, including Vandalia, Trotwood, Kettering, Centerville and Beavercreek, with a population of 848,153 (2000). Dayton is situated within the Miami Valley region of Oh ...

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Dayton was founded on April 1, 1796 by a small group of US settlers seven years before the admission of Ohio to the Union in 1803. The town was incorporated in 1805 and given its name after Jonathan Dayton, a captain in the American Revolutionary War and signer of the U.S. Constitution. Dayton was the home of aviation pioneers Wilbur and Orville Wright who funded their aviation endeavors with the proceeds of a successful bicycle shop in Dayton. It was also the home of the poet Paul Laurence Dunbar and of John H. Patterson 1, who founded a su ...

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The mouth of the river at Lake Erie is wide and supports considerable commercial traffic, including oil, grain, and coal. However, about 15 miles upstream, near the town of Waterville, Ohio, the river becomes much shallower and supports only recreational navigation above that point. The abandoned Miami and Erie Canal paralleled the Maumee between Defiance, Ohio and Toledo; portions of its towpath are currently ...

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During the 19th century, Over-the-Rhine was one of the most densely populated neighborhoods in the Midwest, if not the most densely populated. As the center of German life in Cincinnati, there were more than 50 breweries in the neighborhood alone. At the turn of the 20th century, the population of the district reached 45,000. Germans began abandoning their ethnic enclave during World War I and II, amid anti-German xenophobia, and moving to predominantly non-German, white neighborhoods further from downtown. At the same time, migrants ...

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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,085 km² (419 mi²). 1,078 km² (416 mi²) of it is land and 7 km² (3 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.63% water. Paulding County is Ohio's only county that was completely within the Black Swamp. The land is the most level of any county in the state; a map of the county looks like a checkerboard, with roads every mile. You can stand on the railroad depot in Antwerp and see the conductor in Defiance, 17 miles away, swinging his lantern ...

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As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there are 51,605 people, 21,469 households, and 13,933 families residing in the city. The population density is 776.5/km² (2,011.4/mi²). There are 23,144 housing units at an average density of 348.2/km² (902.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 86.98% White, 10.59% African American, 0.25% Native American, 0.37% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.36% from other races, and 1.42% from two or more races. 0.89% of th ...

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It rises in Indian Lake in Logan County, approximately 15 mi (24 km) SW of Lima. It flows S and SW, past Sidney, and is joined by Loramie Creek in northern Miami County. It flows south past Piqua and Troy, and through Taylorsville Dam near Tipp City and Vandalia. It continues through Dayton, where it is joined by the Stillwater and the Mad rivers and Wolf Creek. From Dayton it flows SW past Middletown and Hamilton in the southwestern corner of Ohio. In southwestern Hamilton County it is joined by the Whitewater River approximately 5 mi (8 km) upstream from its mouth on the Ohio, on the Ohio-Indiana state line, app ...

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Dayton is home to the Dayton Art Institute, a museum of fine arts. The National Museum of the United States Air Force is at nearby Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park commemorates the lives and achievements of Dayton natives, Orville and Wilbur Wright and Paul Laurence Dunbar. SunWatch Indian Village/Archaeological Park is located on the south end of Dayton. SunWatch is the location of a 12th century American Indian village that has been partially reconstructed and includes a museum wh ...

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Over-the-Rhine contains Washington Park, one of the largest parks in the city to be surrounded by dense blocks of housing. Kaldi's Coffeehouse and Bookstore, on Main Street, bustles with new arrivals. The Main Street district is the center of gentrification, with art galleries and restaurants which cater to young middle class people. Findlay Market is another Over-the-Rhine institution. It is the oldest such an open air market in Ohio, and the ...

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Paulding County was the first county in the US to receive funding from steel magnate Andrew Carnegie to build a library. The town of Payne got its name when the railroad moved in a used depot with that name already on it. Prior to that, the community was known as Puckerbrush. The community of Junction is where the Wabash and Erie Canal met the Miami and Erie Canal. Judge Calvin L. Noble of Paulding County spent the better part of his life as a Paulding County resident. His claim to fame is that he changed the name of Cle ...

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As of the census2 of 2000, there are 20,293 people, 7,773 households, and 5,689 families residing in the county. The population density is 19/km² (49/mi²). There are 8,478 housing units at an average density of 8/km² (20/mi²). The racial makeup of the county is 95.85% White, 0.96% Black or African American, 0.29% Native American, 0.15% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 1.41% from other races, and 1.33% from two or more races. 3.02% ...

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In 1913, Dayton became the first city in the United States to adopt the council-manager system of city government. In this system, the mayor is merely the chairperson of the city commission and has one vote on the commission just like the other commissioners. The commission chooses a city manager, who holds administrative authority over the city government. As of November 2004: Dayton City Commission: Mayor Rhine L. McLin (D) Dean A. Lovelace (D) Richard A. Zimmer (D) Joey ...

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The principal general-circulation daily newspaper in the region is the Dayton Daily News, which is owned by Cox Communications. Christian Citizen USA (dba Citizen USA) [www.citizenusa.us] is a politically conservative newspaper with circulation in the greater Dayton and suburban commuities with over 20 years of publication. The majority owners and publishers are Pendra Lee and Rick Snyder. See also:

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Dayton is one of only six remaining U.S. cities with electric trolley bus service, which has been operating continuously since 1888, making it the longest running electric trolley service in the U.S. The trolley service is a part of the Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority or RTA. Air travel is served by the James M. Cox Dayton International Airport, located in Vandalia. Ground transportation to and from the airport is available through Airport Checker Cab. Liberty Cab began serving Dayton citizens in 1929 and continues to opera ...

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Dayton is located at 39°45'46" North, 84°11'48" West (39.762708, -84.196665)GR1. The city sits in the Miami River Valley, north of Cincinnati, well south of Toledo, south-west of Columbus, and east of Richmond, Indiana, in the southwest quadrant of the state. Most official and government designations place it in west-central Ohio (a term which colloquially often refers to Lima, Ohio). It is at the confluence of the Great Miami River, the S ...

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The Miami and Erie Canal built in the 1830s connected the upper reaches of the river with Lake Erie and served as the principal route of transportation for western Ohio until the 1850s. Following a catastrophic flood in March, 1913, the Miami Conservancy District was established in 1914 to build dams and levees and to dredge and straighten channels to control flooding of the river. ...

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Dayton is home to two major universities: the University of Dayton, a private, Catholic institution founded in 1850 by the Marianist order, and the public Wright State University, which became a state university in 1967. The University of Dayton has the only American Bar Association (ABA) approved law school in the Dayton area, UDSL Dayton is also home to one of the country's leading community colleges, Sinclair Community College (founded as a YMCA college in 1887), located in central downtown Dayton. Miami Jacobs Colle ...

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Middletown is located at 39°30'22" North, 84°22'33" West (39.506007, -84.375885)GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 66.8 km² (25.8 mi²). 66.5 km² (25.7 mi²) of it is land and 0.4 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.54% water. Middletown adjoins the Great Miami River. ...

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As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there are 166,179 people, 67,409 households, and 37,614 families residing in the city. The population density is 1,150.3/km² (2,979.4/mi²). There are 77,321 housing units at an average density of 535.2/km² (1,386.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 53.40% White, 43.10%% Black or African American, 0.30% Native American, 0.65% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.70% from other races, and 1.83% from two or more races. 1.58% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. < ...

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