This week, a local newspaper, the "Oakwood Register", published an article on Charles Schaeffer, "founding father" of the Dayton(Ohio) Canoe Club. The article starts on page 16 of the link below. There is no "paywall" or anything. It's a free weekly community paper published online. The title of the article is "More than a Century later, Local Businessman's Architectural Legacy Lives on in Dayton". The article continues across several pages and then on page 21 is a second article that delves into the history of Canoe Clubs from that era in the U.S. To give a little context, after the great flood of 1913, many of the prominent families of Dayton to include the Schaeffer's, the Wright Brothers, etc. moved to the "Far Hills" above the city in what became Oakwood, Ohio. To this day, it remains a small affluent suburb of Dayton. A lot of "old money" from railroads, auto manufacturing, airplane manufacturing....you get the idea. an interesting read on a rainy day...
Oakwood Register
Mike
Oakwood Register
Mike