Government Field|Dayton, Ohio in The Mansion (Location)

Submitted by sfr on Mon, 2017-10-23 14:46
Text: 
The Mansion
Location Key: 
Government Field|Dayton, Ohio
Display Label: 
Dayton Testing Field
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OutOfYoknapatawpha
Authority : 
Text (when unambiguous)
Other Texts Location Appears In: 
"There Was a Queen"
Flags in the Dust
The Town
X: 
2451
Y: 
894
Description: 

The novel recalls how (young) Bayard Sartoris died trying out an experimental airplane "at the Dayton testing field" (210). The Wright Brothers were from Dayton, Ohio, and there was an airfield just north of Dayton built for Orville Wright's airplane factory.

Role: 
Site of Event
Status: 
Continuous
Types: 
Airfield

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