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Montgomery County Historical Society Collection

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From these records the widespread activities of Daytonians to transform the wilderness into a civilized and modern industrial city are well represented. The records include:

The minutes of both the Pioneer Association of Dayton and the Dayton Historical Society from their inception.

The scrapbooks of James Oliver Arnold, who wrote several newspaper articles on local history and preserved many important artifacts such as 19th century currency and coins, photos and original legal documents.

The correspondence of prominent Daytonians, showing their efforts to preserve the Newcom Tavern, Dayton's earliest permanent dwelling, as well as the Old Court House, where President Abraham Lincoln addressed Daytonians during his 1859 presidential campaign.

The Charles Ferguson Sullivan papers and scrapbooks demonstrating vividly the development of Dayton in the twentieth century.

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