Newcom Tavern
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Description
Newcom Tavern tells the story of Dayton's first famed inn and the men who opened the Ohio country. Colonel George Newcom, shown in an 1852 portrait at age eighty-one, still looks flinty in the plate. His first log cabin later served as a kitchen and now stands in Carillon Park.
The tale starts with scouts who crossed the Alleghenies and praised the Miami lands back East. Rich soil, game, and grass drew settlers west in the late 1700s. Newcom's tavern grew with the town into a hub of trade and talk. This local history keeps a frontier crossroads alive in print.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Unknown |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 15 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |