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Fairmont High School
Fairmont High School is located in Kettering, Ohio. Originally, education of children in the Kettering area was accomplished through the old Van Buren Township schools. (Van Buren Township no longer exists; it was engulfed entirely by Kettering and Oakwood.) In … Continue reading
The 1st OVI at the Battle of Chickamauga
The following information was taken from Ohio in the War concerning the 1st OVI and its part in the Battle of Chickamauga. On the afternoon of September 13, 1863, the 1st OVI was recalled from Broomtown Valley. They crossed the Lookout … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War, Patterson Family, SC&A
Tagged 1st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 1st OVI, Civil War, First Ohio Volunteer Infantry, MS-236, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Patterson, Patterson brothers, William Patterson
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Katharine Wright’s Legacy
Special Collections and Archives in the Wright State University Libraries holds one of the most complete collections of Wright Brothers material in the world. This collection documents the story of the invention of powered flight by two brothers from Dayton, … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, Wright Brothers
Tagged Katharine Wright, MS-1, Orville Wright, SC-97, Wright Brothers, Wright family
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