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| | Dayton, Ohio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | The city sits in the Miami River Valley, north of Cincinnati, south of Toledo, west of Columbus, and east of Richmond, Indiana, at the confluence of the Great Miami River, the Stillwater River, the Mad River, and Wolf Creek. |
 | | After the flood of 1913, numerous water-control dams and levees were constructed to control these rivers. |
 | | Named after Jonathan Dayton, a Captain in the American Revolutionary War and signer of the U.S. Constitution, the city was the birthplace and home of aviation pioneers Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright who, before their aviation success, ran a bicycle shop in Dayton. |
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