I need some help on Dayton Ohio in 1796?

Question

what are some Tragedies and triumphs of Dayton Ohio in 1796 i need it because of a project in history and i cant find anyything online plzzzzz helpp thankz

Answer 1

Here is some early history of Dayton:
General George Rogers Clark began the taming of the wilderness in 1780 with a military expedition from Kentucky. Clark was to return to the area two years later with 1,000 men when the Indians resumed raids on the territory. His efforts were successful in a skirmish at the mouth of the Miami on November 9, 1782, at the present site of Dayton.

The power of the tribes was finally smashed in 1789 by a new army under the command of "Mad Anthony" Wayne. One year later, 35 miles north of where Dayton now stands, Wayne and the leaders of the Six Nations signed a treaty establishing supremacy over the Indians in the Ohio country. The initial plan to settle the area in 1789 ran into difficulties over land costs and had to be abandoned. Major Benjamin Stites and two associates had visualized a town to be called Venice.
In 1795, the land was purchased from John Cleve Symmes, a Revolutionary War soldier to whom Congress had awarded the land.

The purchasers were General Arthur St. Clair, Governor of the Northwest Territory; General Jonathan Dayton; General James Wilkinson; and Colonel Israel Ludlow. A town site was then laid out by a surveying team led by Daniel C. Cooper. The plan of central Dayton was to name streets for each of the other three.

The first group of settlers -- the Thompsons, Newcoms, Van Cleves, Hamers, and a few others --poled their way up the Miami River from Cincinnati, landing at the foot of St. Clair Street on April 1, 1796. These original founders and settlers of Dayton were faced with disaster in the winter of 1798-99 when it was discovered that congress had refused to legalize the original sale of the land. The settlers were offered the land at two dollars per acre, but the offer meant financial ruin to the people who had no money nor prospects of accumulating any.

Daniel Cooper became the city's first benefactor when he offered to purchase more than 3,000 acres of the land, including the site of the city, from the government. Clear titles were passed to the individuals who settled here, and the first taxes, totaling $29.74, were collected from the 22 taxpayers in 1798.