Hidden History of Dayton, Ohio

Beyond the Wright brothers and the cash register, Dayton’s rich history contains numerous astounding and overlooked people, events and places. One of the city’s founders was involved in a conspiracy ring led by none other than disgraced former vice president Aaron Burr. Seemingly innocuous warehouses in a west Dayton residential neighborhood served as laboratories for the triggering mechanism of the atomic bomb. An obscure door located on a hillside once led to National Cash Register’s secr...