On January 27, 1851 the first locomotive to enter Dayton traveled over the newly constructed road between Springfield and Dayton. Oddly, enough, the event attracted no great attention.
The clipping shows the passing comment made by the “Dayton Daily Empire.”
DAYTON DAILY EMPIRE.
DANIEL G. SETON AND GEORGE W. CLASON.
DAYTON:
Monday Evening, January 27, 1851.