Block
Patterson, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Dayton City. It lies in ZIP code area 45417. The Survey maps it on the Dayton South quadrangle.
Then and now
1913 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 73 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 sheetsMatched 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.
- 1913 USGS Waynesville quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Waynesville quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dayton South quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Dayton South quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Dayton South quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Dayton South quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Dayton South quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Dayton South quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Dayton quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Dayton quadrangle1:100000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Dayton city, The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
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.
In the county-history sources
783,752 words on this townshipThe 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.
From this time on through the winter, and, until September of the next year (1813), Government agents were stationed at Dayton to buy all that farm ers and dealers would sell, of pickled pork, bacon, whisky, corn-meal, flour, tow linen, cattle, horses and grain; and recruiting offices were open all of the time. Business in the towns was brisk in every branch. Through the almost bottomless mud roads, supplies were forwarded to Urbana. The greatest difficulties were met in crossing the swollen rivers and creeks by rope ferries. Later in the season, when the ground was frozen and there was some little snow and ice, transportation was easier; but wagons, sleds, teams and teamsters, pack-horses and pack-horsemen were scarce ; wagons and horses, sleds and oxen, were hired and bought from the farmers, and the farmer boys, who were too young for serv ice at the front, were employed to drive them. To induce farmers to send their teams, assurances were given that they would not be pressed into service beyond St. Mary's or Urbana. Three dollars a day was the price paid for sleds and teams that would haul six barrels of flour ; or $8 a barrel was paid for flour delivered at Pipua or Urbana; and $10 if delivered at St. Mary's; for whisk) delivered at that point, the Government paid 75 cents a gallon. The Govern ment storehouse, in charge of Foragemaster Col. Robert Patterson, was in Dayton, at the upper end of Main street, near Grimes' tavern.
Passage source: The History of Montgomery County, Ohio, Containing a History of the County;, published 1882.
It is composed of the Mayor of the city, who is ex officio President o board, and six members, appointed by Council. They appoint a Clerk and at Health Officer. The board as first created consisted of T. D. Mitchell, M President, W. W. Lane and B. F. Wait, appointed for one year, L. Patterson j J. W. Dietrich, appointed for two years, and C. Parker, and J. W. Butt, appo for three years, Thomas L. Neal, Health Officer, and J. A. Marley, Clerk. The or! of the board keep a record of all deaths, from whatever cause, and of the I in the city , cause all premises to be regularly visited, and those considerei healthy to be reported, and take every means to improve the sanitary coir of the city.
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.
Photographs
8 photographs, 2003Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
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Specimens collected near this place
12 of 596 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 596 specimens collected within 10 miles of Patterson between 1836 and 1975: 442 Animalia, 88 Plantae, 57 Fungi, 4 Protozoa, 4 Chromista, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A JOHN, A JOHN AND W E DUELLMAN, A. E. Foeerste 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. | 1881 | Foerste AF | |
 | Geaster limbatus Fr. | 1883 | A. E. Foeerste | Dayton |
 | Hypoxylon cohaerens (Pers.) Fr. | 1897 | H. W. Anderson | |
 | Platanthera leucophaea (Nutt.) Lindl. | 1836 | C. W. Short | Dayton |
 | Erythronium americanum Ker Gawl. | 1837 | van Cleve, John W. | 3 mi. north of Dayton |
 | Hydrophyllum macrophyllum Nutt. | 1838 | J. W. Van Cleve | Dayton |
 | Allium canadense L. | 1839 | not recorded | Dayton. 1 mi. northeast. |
 | Cardamine L. | 1839 | Sanders, Alfred; J.J. Nagel, J.G. Haupt. | Dayton. 1 mile east. |
 | Cassia marilandica L. | 1839 | Sanders, Alfred | Dayton |
 | Cynoglossum officinale L. | 1839 | not recorded | Dayton. Suburbs E. |
 | Iris versicolor L. | 1839 | not recorded | Dayton. 2 mi. south |
 | Nuphar advena (Aiton) Aiton | 1839 | Sanders, Mrs.; J.G. Haupt | Dayton |
All 596 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Patterson: 9 past producers, 6 producers, 1 plant. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olive Road Limestone Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Olive Road Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Broadway Sand and Gravel Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Broadway Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| East River Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| East River Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Jackson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Jackson Sand Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Moraine Materials Pit No 5 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Moraine Materials Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmonte | 1.0 miles | 14 | |
| Edgemont | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| Southern Hills | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| West Side | 1.2 miles | 14 | |
| Gem City Estates | 1.5 miles | 14 | |
| Berkley Heights | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Moraine | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Oakwood | 2.0 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1057266. 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.