Carillon Park has an entire building dedicated to Dayton’s historic role in the development of the bicycle. From the early days when the Wright Brothers tinkered in their cycle shop to the days of ultra-high performance racing bikes from Dayton-based Huffy Corp, you’ll find all types of bikes at this park.
In 2003, American Heritage magazine named Dayton as that year’s Great American Place and had this to say about the Gem City:
A town forced to earn its living by its wits from the very beginning—most spectacularly through the work of two young bicycle mechanics—and now remaking itself into a Colonial Williamsburg of the industrial age, this year’s Great American Place is DAYTON, OHIO.
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