DAYTON.

But five or six families reside on the original plat of Dayton. Among them is George Brandenburg, one of the earliest settlers, and whose hospitable mansion was once the only tavern in the county. It is one of the oldest towns, and was laid out October 81.1836, by Mark M. Aiken. It was at one time the stopping place on the Chicago, Dixon and Rock Island stage route, and but for the rapid development of towns near it, and the railroads passing it by, might have been one of the largest towns within the county.

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