age ~54
from Roanoke, VA
Curt Dalton writes about 10 incredible, but true, stories of Dayton murders that took place during the city's first one hundred years, including... * John McAfee, whose murder of his wife and affair with the girl next door still lives on in song nearly two hundred years later * Francis Dick, who blu...
Author
Curt Dalton
Binding
Paperback
Pages
130
Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN #
1492264350
EAN Code
9781492264354
ISBN #
10
Nearly everyone knows that the airplane was invented in Ohio, that Buckeye born Thomas Edison thought up the light bulb, that a hat to prevent and cure baldness was created in that same great state... Never heard of the hat? It's just one of many surprises that How Ohio Helped Invent the World has i...
Author
Curt Dalton
Binding
Paperback
Pages
84
Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN #
1492233226
EAN Code
9781492233220
ISBN #
9
Over the last 20 years Curt Dalton has spent numerous hours researching the wonderful history of Dayton. Although much of the material has ended up in various books he has written, there are other tales he hasn't yet shared - until now. Inside you'll learn: Dayton’s Hobo Epidemic of 1874 History of ...
Author
Curt Dalton
Binding
Paperback
Pages
82
Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN #
1499617739
EAN Code
9781499617733
ISBN #
7
Over the last 16 years Curt Dalton has spent numerous hours researching the wonderful history of Dayton. Although much of the material has ended up in various books he has written, there are other tales he hasn't yet shared - until now. Inside you'll learn: * McCook Field is named in honor of the "F...
Author
Curt Dalton
Binding
Paperback
Pages
82
Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN #
1492238120
EAN Code
9781492238126
ISBN #
6
In 1893 Dr. Oliver Crook Haugh, of Dayton, Ohio, boasted that he was on the verge of discovering a way to improve mankind; much like Robert Louis Stevenson had touched on in his book The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Instead, his use of cocaine and morphine turned Dr. Haugh into a monster...
Author
Curt Dalton
Binding
Paperback
Pages
156
Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN #
1492215600
EAN Code
9781492215608
ISBN #
3
Breweries have been a part of Dayton almost from the beginning. Colonel George Newcom, one of the original settlers of the city, was said to have opened a brewery next to his tavern around 1810. This was three years before Davis Embree would open the first brewery in Cincinnati. Several breweries ca...
Author
Curt Dalton
Binding
Paperback
Pages
96
Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN #
1492742511
EAN Code
9781492742517
ISBN #
1
The rise and near destruction of Dayton in the early 20th century is chronicled in this visual postcard history. The postcards showcase some of the city’s unique commercial buildings, hotels, churches, and residences, many now long gone due to urban renewal and highway construction in the 1960s and ...
Author
Curt Dalton
Binding
Paperback
Pages
128
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
ISBN #
073854079X
EAN Code
9780738540795
ISBN #
8
In 1789, plans were made for a settlement near the mouth of what is now known as Mad River. The proposed name for the site was Venice, and the river was to be named Tiber. The deed was executed and recorded, and the village of Venice was laid out on paper. But Indian troubles and some misunderstandi...
Author
Curt Dalton
Binding
Paperback
Pages
96
Publisher
America Through Time
ISBN #
1635000076
EAN Code
9781635000078
ISBN #
5