There is an Aviation Trail of historical sites in the Dayton area (seven or eight sites in total, I think). These are sites associated with the Wright brothers and, although we were not intending to knock off any part of this entire list, we did happen to visit most of the sites on this list during our stay in Dayton! Two of these sites are within a couple of blocks of each other on the west side of downtown Dayton. Hmmm.... actually... I think there are three sites within a few blocks of each other and we saw all three.
First, walked over to the site of the Wright home on Hawthorn Street. The original home has been moved but a replica porch still stands on the corner lot. Also, there is a replica of the home that was built by a neighbor across the street.
After visiting the site of their home on Hawthorn Street, we walked over to the Wright-Dunbar Heritage Center....
Next to the Heritage Center is one of the Wright brothers' bicycle shops. We were given a guided tour through the bicycle shop. The site of a larger bicycle shop is around the corner on Third Street. The building is no longer on Third Street but there is a vacant space where the shop once stood.
Inside the Heritage Center is a replica of the Wright Glider....
There is also plenty of history of the Dayton area including a model of a streetcar. It just so happens that I have built the same streetcar. My model is pictured in a collage of photos below this photo of the trolley at the Heritage Center. As you can see in the photos in the collage below, my model has far more details, is painted slightly differently, it runs with accurate sound, and even has people. It was a bit of a surprise seeing this same streetcar in the Heritage Center though!
I found this price chart from the year 1895 interesting... for a basic no-frills bicycle today, the prices really haven't changed much over the past 130 years!
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