4 | The City of Dayton an Iroquois Indian expression that equivocates to “Good River.” Of course, Dayton has figured in a good bit of meaningful history, such as being distinguished as “The Birthplace of Aviation” as homage to the pioneering avian exploits of hometown heroes Wilbur and Orville Wright. In more modern times, Dayton has garnered distinction as a home to the aviators and other military personnel defending our national interests through operations at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, one of the most complex, technologically-capable and critical of command centers for the United States Air Force. Dayton has also been made home by innovators of industry which include John Henry Patterson whose National Cash Register Company produced the very first cash register machine, followed by countless more. It was also here that Charles Kettering founded the Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company (DELCO) and secured patents for developing innovations suchas theelectronic ignition and lighting systems used in the automotive industry, and the air conditioning coolant known as Freon, as well as lots of other cool stuff. Nationally, Dayton has been heralded as having one of America’s most-affordable City Hall
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