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Dayton Community Hall, Dayton, Wyoming

DAYTON

Wyoming
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Dayton was a stage stop on the Bozeman Trail. Landmarks include Dayton Community Hall, Dayton Mercantile and Susan Wissler House.

The Dayton Collection

Made for Dayton. Printed to order.

Every piece is drawn from Dayton's own map data and historic archives, then printed and shipped from the USA when you order. No two towns look alike.

On the National Register

Historic places

Population 2000: 678 → 2010: 757 → 2020: 822

From Wikidata (CC0).

A short history of Dayton

Dayton was a stage stop on the Bozeman Trail. It was named after Joe Dayton Thorn (1861-1942) in 1882 because he was one of the founding fathers of the city. The town claims to have had Wyoming's first rodeo held here in the 1890s. By the early 1900s the town had grown substantially, with three general stores, four saloons, a flour mill, and a stucco factory. The state fish hatchery was initially in Dayton until relocating to Story, Wyoming in 1909.

Dayton was home to the San Benito Monastery, a Roman Catholic monastery associated with the Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, from 1989 to 2014.

Adapted (trimmed) from the Wikipedia article Dayton, Wyoming, revision 1374302105 by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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