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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Harries, Ohio

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Dayton City. It lies in ZIP code area 45431. The Survey maps it on the Dayton North quadrangle.

Harries within Montgomery County

Then and now

1904 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Harries, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Harries, surveyed 1904

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Topographic sheets covering this place

16 sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Dayton city, The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.

From The History of Montgomery County, Ohio, Containing a History of the County;, published 1882 - Dayton City

Con Tents

A Typical Frontier Vavern - Daytou Contained Nine Dwellings in 1799- - Several Roads Opened--Monument Avenue Cleared--Main Street a Narrow Wagon Road - Settlements Few and Far Between - Hardships of Pioneer Life--Tidian War Apprehended - Block House Built - Schooi Opened in the Block House- - First Distillery Started - Cooper's Saw Mill - Corn Cracker - Hogs Introduced - Feed on Mast - Attacked by Wild Animals--First Flat Boat Launched-Sheep Introduced - Cost of Groceries at Cinciunati - Little Money jin Circulation - Business Conducted by Barter - Value of Diffsrent Kinds of Skins--Cut Money - McDougal's Store - Trade with the Indians - First Child Boro in Dayton - Taxation in 1800 - First Wedding - Census in 1801 - First Miuister - - Methodists - Presbyterians--Log Meeting House - First Grave Yard - - Jobn W.

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In the county-history sources

783,752 words on this township

The History of Montgomery County, Ohio, Containing a History of the County;, published 1882 names this settlement in its chapter on Dayton City. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

This company was organized February 2, 1851. It is one of the ol< joint-stock companies in the State, and operates under a special charter grai March 5, 1851. The incorporators of the company were Daniel Beckel, seph Clegg, William Dickey, It. Green, W. S. Westerman, R. Chambers John Harries. The first officers were: Daniel Beckel, President, and J. L. Do- Secretary. In 1854, James It. Young was made Secretary pro tern., and 1855, was elected permanent Secretary, which position he filled until P when he resigned. In 1S70, the company bought out the Fnion Insure Company, re-insured their risks, and succeeded to the business of that c pany. The capital stock of the Dayton Company is $100,000. The prei officers are: Hon. D. A. Haynes, President, and J. Harrison Hall, Secret

Passage source: The History of Montgomery County, Ohio, Containing a History of the County;, published 1882.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Dayton City - it names this place 1 more 1 time.

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 882 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 882 specimens collected within 10 miles of Harries between 1835 and 1975: 732 Animalia, 85 Plantae, 56 Fungi, 4 Protozoa, 4 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A JOHN AND W E DUELLMAN, A. E. Foeerste, A. E. Foerste and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.1881Foerste AF
Specimen of Geaster limbatus Fr.Geaster limbatus Fr.1883A. E. FoeersteDayton
Specimen of Hypoxylon cohaerens (Pers.) Fr.Hypoxylon cohaerens (Pers.) Fr.1897H. W. Anderson
A photograph of the species Botrypus virginianus, not of this specimenBotrypus virginianus (L.) Michx.1835Joseph C. FrankOhio, Miami [County]
A photograph of the species Platanthera leucophaea, not of this specimenPlatanthera leucophaea (Nutt.) Lindl.1836C. W. ShortDayton
A photograph of the species Erythronium americanum, not of this specimenErythronium americanum Ker Gawl.1837van Cleve, John W.3 mi. north of Dayton
A photograph of the species Hydrophyllum macrophyllum, not of this specimenHydrophyllum macrophyllum Nutt.1838J. W. Van CleveDayton
A photograph of the species Allium canadense, not of this specimenAllium canadense L.1839not recordedDayton. 1 mi. northeast.
A photograph of the species Cardamine L., not of this specimenCardamine L.1839Sanders, Alfred; J.J. Nagel, J.G. Haupt.Dayton. 1 mile east.
A photograph of the species Cassia marilandica, not of this specimenCassia marilandica L.1839Sanders, AlfredDayton
A photograph of the species Cynoglossum officinale, not of this specimenCynoglossum officinale L.1839not recordedDayton. Suburbs E.
A photograph of the species Iris versicolor, not of this specimenIris versicolor L.1839not recordedDayton. 2 mi. south

All 882 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Harries: 10 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Broadway Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
East River Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Hawker and Son PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Hawker and Son PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jackson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Moraine Materials Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rip Rap Road Plant 416 & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
South Dayton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Stanley Avenue PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Stanley Avenue PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Montgomery County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Riverside0.8 miles16
East Dayton0.9 miles16
Avondale1.1 miles16
Page Manor1.8 miles16
Beverly Gardens2.0 miles16
Oakland2.3 miles14
Hearthstone2.5 miles14
Ohmer Park2.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1071132. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.