In 1787, Ludlow, at age 22, was appointed by U.S. Surveyor-General Thomas Hutchiris to survey the large tract of land purchased by Judge John Cleves Symmes in the southwest part of the present state of Ohio, also called the Miami Purchase.
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For this edition of Vintage Dayton, we went into the archives for the story of the man after whom Ludlow Street in downtown Dayton and many other locations are named.
More on Dayton’s early history
• How Dayton was founded in 1796 and grew in its early years
• Who was Jonathan Dayton? Our city’s namesake was a soldier, politician and center of scandal
• Meet Daniel Cooper, Dayton’s founding father and the namesake of Cooper Park
Did you know?
Here are a few great Dayton history facts we’ve learned from our stories:
• One of the most impressive sets of statues in the region celebrates Miami University’s “Cradle of Coaches.” Learn more here.
• A plant built in the early 1920s as a Maxwell Motor Co. plant is still operating today as Mahle Behr LLC.
• The opening of the Dayton-Biltmore Hotel nearly 100 years ago was cause for a lavish celebration that turned out the city’s movers and shakers.
• In 1910, the William McKinley monument in Cooper Park became one of the first public monuments erected in Dayton. But why?
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