Part 1: Revolutionary War and Settling Ohio - 1776 to 1796

  1.  Children of the Revolution
  2.  Moving West
  3.  On to Ohio
  4.  Settling Cincinnati

Part 2:  Settling Dayton - 1796 to 1822

  5.  Coming up the Miami
  6.  Good Bottom Land
  7.  Statehood and a New County
  8.  Flooding and Thoughts on a National Road
  9.  War of 1812
10.  The Wright Family Enters Ohio
11.  Post War Life
12.  Canals and the National Road
13.  Marriage of Elizabeth Wright
14.  The Torch is Passed

Part 3:  Moving to the National Road - 1823 to 1835

15.  William Van Cleve Moves to Wayne Township
16.  Historical Inaccuracies
17.  Benjamin Van Cleve’s Land Holdings
18.  President Monroe Signs Ohio Road Bill
19.  Asahel Wright Moves to Bethel Township
20.  A Special Fourth of July
21.  The National Road Inches Toward Zanesville
22.  Families Come Together
23.  Into the Summer
24.  Milton Wright is Born
25.  Elizabeth Wright Comes to Bethel Township
26.  Marriage of Eliza Wright
27.  Dan Wright Jr. Comes Home
28.  The Koerners of Indiana
29.  Marriage of Catherine Van Cleve
30.  The House on Bellefontaine Road


Part 4:  Political Ohio Emerges - 1836 to 1854

31.  Petitioning Congress
32.  Dan Wright Junior’s 1838 Visit to Bethel
33.  New Towns, Log Cabins, and Life
34.  The Caretaker Son and the Promising Son
35.  Milton and His Brother William Visit Bethel
36.  Sons Marry and Sons Move On
37.  Elizabeth Wright-Van Cleve
38.  Selling the Farm

Part 5: Next Generation in the Miami Valley - 1854 to 1869

39.  The Early 1850s
40.  Milton’s Mission to Oregon
41.  Bethel Township Wrights Visit Home
42.  A Time of Travel and aTime of Repose
43.  The Campaign and the Homecoming
44.  A Patriarch’s Passing and a New President
45.  Combat and Dissent
46.  Chattanooga, Atlanta, and Marriage in Miami County
47.  The Final Act
48.  Coming Home
49.  Enter Wilbur Wright

Part 6: Fourth Generation Ohioans - 1869 to 1895

50.  Making a Home in Dayton
51.  General Sherman Comes to Dayton
52.  A Son is Born on Hawthorn Street
53.  President Ulysses S. Grant Comes to Dayton
54.  A Daughter and a Double Birth Date
55.  A Special Birthday
56.  Samuel Wright and President Hayes Come to Dayton
57.  The Dedication Ceremony
58.  Changes for Milton and Family
59.  Back in Dayton Again
60.  A Change of Course
61.  Life in Richmond
62.  Spending Time in Dayton
63.  Coming Home to Dayton
64.  Visiting in Troy

65.  Setting College Aside
66.  The Light of My Life
67.  Newspaper and Bicycle Business

Part 7: Centennial of Dayton and Flight - 1896 to 1909

68.  One Hundred Years Later
69.  A Six and a Half Year Odyssey
70.  Milton Visits Bethel Township
71.  The Letter and an Idea
72.  The First Glider and a Memorable Christmas
73.  A Scientific Breakthrough in Dayton
74.  On to 1903
75.  Flying from Dayton
76.  A Completely Functional Flying Machine
77.  A Patent, Negotiations, and the World Stage
78.  Welcome Home

Part 8:  After the Flying - 1910 to 1948

79.  Manufacturing Airplanes in Dayton
80.  A Short Life Full of Consequence
81.  Hawthorn Hill
82.  The Bishop’s Last Days
83.  Orville and Katharine
84.  Allowing the Bicycle Shop to go to Michigan
85.  Resolving the Conflict
86.  Orville’s Passing
87.  Epilogue

Appendix

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Bibliography

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