Timeline

Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1864/00/00 Milton and Susan Wright buy a 5.6 acre farm, with a 3 bedroom house near Millville, Indiana. They pay $550 in cash with promise to pay $200 in the next 2 years. Milton's salary at the church is $200 a year. Home Wilbur Wright Birthplace Museum Hagerstown
1868/00/00 The Wright family moves to Hartsville, Indiana, where Milton is appointed the first theology teacher in The United Brethren College and serves as pastor. Vocation Wilbur Wright Birthplace Museum Hagerstown
1869/06/00 Milton Wright buys a house at 7 Hawthorn in West Dayton. Milton continues to own two farms in Indiana. Home Wright Home The Henry Ford Museum
1878/00/00 Milton Wright gives his sons, Wilbur and Orville, a small toy helicopter made of cork, bamboo and paper. Based on a design by Alphonse Penaud, the model is powered by a rubber band to spin the blades. Life Wright Home The Henry Ford Museum
1913/03/27 At least two-thirds of the City was submerged. A considerable part, there was water in the second story of buildings....Three or more fires broke out. One burned just west of Orville's office, several buildings. - Milton Wright's diary Witness West Third Street Historic District Dayton, OH Great Flood of 1913
1913/03/27 Orville's automobile was submerged and injured several hundred dollars. In all he and the family lost one thousand dollars. Then his new building (lost) was injured nearly another thousand. - Milton Wright's diary Witness Orville Wright Laboratory Memorial Dayton, OH Great Flood of 1913
1914/04/28 (Milton and Katharine) moved from 7 Hawthorn Street, Dayton, Ohio, to Hawthorn Hill, Harmon Ave, Oakwood, Ohio.... We did with tallow candles, to-night. We arrived in a auto-taxicab at 3:45 afternoon. - Bishop Milton Wright's diary entry Home Hawthorn Hill Oakwood
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